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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 #617 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
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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
1925  8  1  12  50  P  P            Port Angeles  WA  IV  RF       
TAWA - 1182 - - - TAWA - 1182 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1875  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 192508 12005000 48115-123443W IV R 4 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
177  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 177 1925 Aug. 1 20:05 Port Angeles IV+? 4 probably in Strait of Juan de Fuca
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1492  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: 1925 AUGUST 1. 12:50 p.m. The Victoria area felt a tremor slightly, but the epicentre appears to be south, in the Olympic mountain range. D
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
334  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1925 August 1, 12:50 p.m.; Port Angeles; light; felt also at Ediz Hook Lighthouse, and at Victoria, B.C.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1182  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: 1925 August 1. 12:50 p.m. IV+? Northern Puget Sound. Rattled furniture and moved ob- jects at Port Angeles, Clallam Co.; two shocks. Felt at Ediz Hook Light, and in British Columbia in and about Victoria.SRC&GS.
 


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