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Cascadia Historic Earthquake Catalog, 1793-1929
Covering Washington, Oregon and Southern British Columbia

Provided by: The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
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Individual Event Report
Event #54 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Holden cites Fuchs - a European cataloger: "Several shocks at Victoria ...". Other catalogs echo Holden. Newspapers should be searched.
TIME LOCATION MAGNITUDE MAX. INTENSITY FELT AREA
YR MO DAY HR MIN AM/PM Time
Type
LAT(N) LON(W) DEP
(km)
MAG Mag
Type
Felt
Plc.
Felt
St.
Inten-
sity
Int.
Type
Felt
Area
Felt
Area
Int.
Felt
Area
Units
1865  12                    Victoria  B.C.           
HOLD1 - 434 - - - HOLD1 - 434 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
646  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Victoria 12 June, 1865 -Holden's Cat. pg 65 Several shocks.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
434  Holden, Edward S., 1887, List of Recorded Earthquakes in California, Lower California, Oregon, and Washington Territory  1887  Printed by Direction of the Regents of the University of California, Sacremento, California, 
Transcription: 1865. June 12; ? Several shocks at Victoria, Vancouver Island.-Fuchs.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1395  Milne, W.G., 1956, Seismic Activity in Canada, west of the 113th meridian 1841-1951: Canada Dominion Obs. Pub., V. 18, No. 7, pp. 119-146  1957   
Transcription: 1865 JUNE 12. Holden reports several shocks at Victoria and on Vancouver Island.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
201  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1865 June 12, ? ; several shocks at Victoria, Vancouver Island, B.C. Fuchs; P.
 


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