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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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Event #63 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Volcanic Activity This is an account, published in the Victoria 'Colonist' of a steam plume from Mount Hood. A search of the Oregonian from Dec. 10 -19, 1866, found no mention of this.
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
1866  12                      Mt. Hood  OR           
N-Vic - 2155 - - - N-Vic - 2155 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2155  Daily British Colonist  1866  Wed. Dec. 19, 1866 
Transcription: MOUNT HOOD - A gentleman who came down from Salem last evening says that Mt. Hood was plainly seen from that place on Tuesday, sending up a column of vapory smoke, which frequently puffed upward somewhat like the regular discharges of steam from an exhaust pipe. This lasted from 11 a.m. till near dark, when the dense clouds which settled upon the valley obscured the mountain totally -- Oregonian
 


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