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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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1793-1849 .... 1850s .... 1860s .... 1870s .... 1880s .... 1890s .... 1900s .... 1910s .... 1920s .... 1930s (not complete) .... Other Cascadia Catalogs

  
Individual Event Report
Event #609 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Newspapers might be useful.
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
1924  19  30  45.73  122.54        Brush Praire  WA  IV  RF       
TAWA - 1180 WWC - 1874 - - TAWA - 1180 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
664  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Near Vancouver PST 9:30 am 19 Sept, 1924 GMT 17h 30m III-IV (local) -BSSA, XIV, 216
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
176  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 176 1924 Sept. 19 17:30 Brush Prairie IV 4
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
333  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1924 September 19; Vancouver; shook houses at Brush Prairie.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1874  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 192409191730000 45730-122548W IV R 4 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1180  Townley, S. D. and M. W. Allen, 1939, Descriptive Catalog of Earthquakes of the Pacific Coast of the United States 1769-1928, Chap. III Earthquakes in Washington, 1883-1928, BSSA, V. 29, No. 1, pp. 259-268  1939   
Transcription: 1924 September 19. 9:30 a.m. IV. Brush Prairie, Clarke Co. Felt at other small places near Vancouver, southwestern Washington.-BSSA, 14, 216.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2186  Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America  1924  V. 14, p. 216 
Transcription: Vancouver, Washington, September 19, 1924. - A slight earthquake shock was felt on September 19th at five small settlements near Vancouver. The tremor began at 9:30 a.m. and lasted a few seconds. At Brush Prarie the disturbance was sufficiently severe to cause houses to shake.
 


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