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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 #569 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Berg and Baker were the first to catalog this earthquake. They cite the Oregonian, but the database does not yet have this article.
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
1922  26  10  15  45.53  122.62        Portland  OR  IV  MM       
BB - 1364 WWC - 1856 - - BB - 1364 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1856  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System. Copy provided to UW in 1993. 
Transcription: 192203270615000 45535-122620W IV R 4 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1364  Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108  1963   
Transcription: 1922 Mar 27 06:15:-- Mar 26 10:15 pm (PST) Portland IV O/Mar 27, 1922, 18:1
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
163  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 163 1922 Mar. 27 06:15 Portland, Ore. IV 3
 


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