Individual Event Report
| Event #634 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| This earthquake was felt from Seattle to Victoria, apparently most strongly at Anacortes, where some slight damage was reported. Townley and Allen say:"Strait of Juan de Fuca. Widely felt. Pictures fell and dishes broke at Anacortes, Skagit Co.; at Friday Harbor, San Juan Co., an explosive shock nearly threw people from their feet; at Bellingham, Flower pots were toppled over; at Port Angeles, suspended objects rattled in regular beats, and the ground swayed and trembled twenty-five or thirty seconds. At Clallam, Ediz Hook, and Marietta, lighter intensities were reported. Intensity reports of IV came from Port Townsend, Everett, and Mount Vernon.SRC&GS" . Magnitude and location from the dissertation of Dr. Garry Rogers. One possible aftershock was reported felt at Anacortes at 7:05 AM. |
| 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 |
| 1926 |
12 |
4 |
5 |
57 |
A |
L |
48.50 |
123.00 |
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5.00 |
MI |
Victoria |
B.C. |
V |
MM |
30000.00 |
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km2 |
| N-WA - 6057 |
GCR - 2330 |
- |
GCR - 2330 |
USEQS - 963 |
GCR - 2330 |
Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1886 |
Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished |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Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 192612 41355000 48500-123000W V 430ML R 5 01 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 6042 |
Oregonian |
1926 |
Dec, 5 A145 P16 C4 |
Transcription: SOUND AREA HAS TREMOR
Victoria Shock Severe; Seattle Feels Quake.
Disturbance Centering in Straits Recorded at Many points in Pacific Northwest.
Seattle, Wash. Dec. 4 (AP) An earthquake at rising time this morning was most severely felt at Victoria B.C., 125 miles northwest of Seattle, sifting of all advices indicated.
The center of the disturbance was placed under the Strait of Juan de Fuca and south or west of Victoria. It was scarcely detected in Seattle, Bellingham, Mount Vernon and Port Angeles in Washington state and Vancouver in British Columbia felt it. Houses swayed in Victoria and folks heard a rumbling as they tumbled out of bed in alarm. It was pronounced the most severe earthquake shock ever felt in Victoria.
Discrepancy was noted in time marked reports of the earthquake. Reports were that it shook Seattle at 6.10 AM, Victoria B.C., 120 miles northwest of Seattle at 6 o’clock; Port Angeles, Wash. on the Olympic Peninsula, 50 miles south of Victoria at 5.45 AM; Bellingham, 100 miles north of Seattle, at 5.55 AM and Mount Vernon, 20 miles south of Bellingham, at 5.40 AM. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 6043 |
Seattle Daily Times |
1926 |
Dec, 5, A419 |
Transcription: Victoria Citizens Are Alarmed by Quake Shocks; Other Cities Feel Earth Tremors
By United Press
Victoria, B.C., Saturday, Dec. 4.
The North Pacific Coast from Vancouver, B.C. to Seattle was shaken early today by a series of earth tremors of sharpness almost unprecedented in this region, and believed to have originated in the Straits of Juan de Fuca.
Two distinct shocks were reported, the first beginning at 5.00 AM and continuing about five seconds. The second shock , shorter duration and less intensity, followed a second later.
Vancouver Island, opposite Vancouver, experienced the most severe shaking and appeared to be close to the quake center.
Victoria residents awakened in great alarm. Windows were rattled and the earth’s trembling was accompanied by a deep rumbling.
Bellingham reported it experienced shocks of almost equal severity. Inhabitants were awakened.
Seattle residents reported feeling the jolts, though with less intensity.
Gonzales Observatory here was busy throughout the day answering telephone calls from anxious residents.
Instruments were being examined, and charts checked tonight, in an effort to locate the point of the quake’s origination.
Quake Hardly Perceptible Here And Few Noticed It
So far as Seattle was concerned the infinitesimal earthquake that wandered through the Puget Sound region yesterday was all Victoria’s own. The British Columbia capital took the temblor more seriously although there it amounted very little.
In Seattle few persons knew of the passing of the temblor. The sensitive needle on the University of Washington seismograph shivered a little in response to the disturbance but only the expert eyes of the professors who are charged with the care of the instrument could have told it, even from the record.
Actually the tremor passed under Seattle at 5.57 o’clock. It lasted two minutes but was so slight that many persons who were abroad at that hour were unaware that anything unusual was anything. Other cities in the Puget Sound region reported that the quake was felt but in each case its intensity, as here, was almost too slight to be noticed. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 6044 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
1926 |
December, 5, 1926
A329, p1 c2 |
Transcription: LIGHT QUAKE IS FELT HERE AND NEAR-BY
Hundreds of Seattle Residents Awakened by Temblor; No Damage Done, However
Hundreds of Seattle households were awakened yesterday by an earthquake one of the most violent that the Northwest has ever experienced.
No damage was done, but dishes rattled in the cupboards, window panes shook and houses trembled on their foundations when the temblor reached its height.
The shock was also felt in Bellingham, Port Angeles, Mount Vernon and Friday Harbor. No serious damage was reported in either of these places, but dispatches from Bellingham said that pictures had been thrown about and that practically everyone in town was awakened.
Registered at U.W.
The seismograph at the University of Washington showed the quake began at 5.57 a.m. and lasted for two and a half minutes.
Although the seismograph at Science Hall is geared to record distant earthquakes, the local tremor was distinctly registered in the instrument’s revolving drum. Because the waves were so close at hand, the seismograph needle registered only a serious of sharp up and down marks looking much like aimless scribbling. Earthquakes which reach the instrument from a long distance, on the other hand, register regular curves from which the quake has traveled may be computed.
Fears that Seattle may suffer from disastrous temblors similar to those which have visited other parts of the world were set at rest however by Prof. G. E. Goodspeed of the University of Washington college of science.
Solid Base
"Seattle is on a solid earth base", Professor Goodspeed declared. "There are no huge faults beneath the earth’s surface in this vicinity such as have been located in the California region".
This morning’s shock may have been caused by the caving in of the earth above a minor fault, too small to be record. Or there may have been a great landslide somewhere near here. I think it is hardly possible that a slide from the coast shelf in the Pacific could have caused a distinct shock here.
"One thing that I noticed in examining the record on the seismograph was that there were no preliminary tremors which usually precede extensive earthquakes."
The quake also was recorded on the seismograph at Victoria, according to reports received by the college of scince.
Quake Is Felt At Other Places
VICTORIA, B.C., Dec. 4. A sharp earthquake was recorded at Gonzaga Observatory here at 5.55 a.m. today. The disturbance lasted for two and a half minutes and alarmed many residents. No damage was done. The center of the quake, according to seismologists was in the Strait of Juan de Fuca where there is a weak spot which has caused several disturbances in the last ten years. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 6045 |
Anacortes American |
1926 |
Dec., 9, Thursday A3388, p1 c1 |
Transcription: ANACORTES IS ROCKED BY SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE
An earthquake shock, the first experienced here in many years, rocked Anacortes a few minutes before 6 o’clock last Saturday morning. The shock was so sufficient force to waken most of the residents of the town, except a few unusually sound ..epers [?] Reports from Bellingham and Victoria indicate that the tremor originated somewhere between these three cities.
The shock here lasted approximately five seconds. It was described as rolling sensation. Dishes and windows rattled as houses were rocked. ..gs [?] of the city seemed to sense that something was wrong. It was reported that nearly all of them started barking the instant shock stuck the city. Some residents reported hearing a rumbling noise accompanying the shock. It was also reported that windows were broken, but these reports were not verified. It is known, however, that some beds were moved as far as six inches out of their positions. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 6057 |
Bellingham American |
1926 |
Dec, 4, A4138, p1 c2 |
Transcription: EARTHQUAKE GENERAL OVER NORTHWEST AREA
Seattle, Dec.4 (UP) An earthquake shock which rocked buildings and disturbed slumberers was reported this morning from cities in northwestern Washington and southwestern Canada.
No serious damage or loss of life resulted from the tremor, according to reports from effected areas.
The temblor appeared o be most severe at Bellingham, Wash. and at Victoria B.C. Many Seattle residents were awaked by the earth movement. Vancouver, B.C. also felt the tremor.
The shock began at 5.57 and lasted two minutes, according to the seismograph record at the University of Washington here.
Attendants were unable to estimate the center of the quake, but said that it probably originated within a comparatively close radius. At Victoria, where the Gonzales observatory is located, it was believed the temblor started in the strait of Juan de Fuca.
The shock was not severe enough to throw the needle off the drum of the University of Washington seismograph. The needle moved only the eight of the inch off its course.
Victoria Reports Rumbling Noises
Victoria, B.C. Dec 4 (U.P.) Houses were shaken here at 5.55 a.m. today by the severest earthquake shock felt in this region for years.
Windows rattled and many residents were awakened by the tremor.
The movement began at 5.55, lasting about five seconds. It was accompanied by a deep rumbling noise. A lesser shock followed the first temblor.
The Gonzales observatory was kept busy throughout morning answering telephone calls from frantic residents.
The temblor was felt at Vancouver, also, but was reported to have been less severe there. Belief was expressed that the shock originated in the straits of Juan de Fuca.
Anacortes is Shaken
ANACORTES, Dec. 4 A severe earthquake shock was felt here this morning shortly before 6 o’clock, houses were shaken, a few pictures knocked down and dishes broken in some places. The quake lasted several seconds.
Felt in Seattle
SEATTLE, Dec 4 (UP) A number of persons called the local weather bureau here this morning saying they felt a slight earth tremor shortly before 6 a.m. Newspapers also received several calls.
Islands Feel Tremor
FRIDAY HARBOR, Dec. 4 What people at first thought was a severe blast from a nearby a nearby gravel pit, was later determined to have been a severe earthquake shock that roused many people from their beds at a few minutes before 6 o’clock this morning. Doors and dishes rattled and some persons declared they were nearly thrown off their feet by the shock.
Lopez Island also reported feeling a severe tremor this morning.
Earthquakes are caused, according to geologists, when big masses of earth fall abort distances and the whole area around them. Mountains are continually being pushed upward and in this process the rocks of the earth’s crust bend and attain and finally break, letting huge masses fall an inch or two to make slight temblors as experienced here today, or greater greater (?) distances to cande (?) the great quakes that do great damage.
QUICK, JOLTING MOVEMENTS WAKES MANY RESIDENTS
A sharp earthquake shock that shook houses and beds and rattled doors and dishes wakened most of Bellingham’s citizens a few minutes before 6 o’clock this morning, the exact time being about 5.55 o’clock.
A quick, jolting movement of the earth was followed by lessening tremors that lasted a second or more. It was the hardest earthquake shock ever experienced by the city, in the opinion of old time residents who had felt many slight temblors before.
Reports from all over the Puget Sound region indicate that the center of the quake was near Bellingham, probably in the San Juan Islands between this city and Victoria. Anacortes felt severe shocks as did Victoria, while Seattle and Vancouver reported lesser quakes at about the same hour.
So far as is known no damage was done by the temblor which was undoubtedly the severest that has come to the Puget Sound area for 23 years. The last heavy one came in 1903, but it was centered somewhere in the region between Olympia and Portland and was only slightly felt here.
Several persons in Bellingham thought they heard a slight rumbling noise accompanying the quake here, but most persons merely felt the shock. Victoria also reports hearing rumbling sound with the temblor there. Most persons report that sharp jolt as their first sensation of the quake. Others who were awake at the time believed that slight tremors both preceded and followed the sharp jolt that woke so many persons.
Shock General Northwest State
The quake was felt quite generally in Northwest Washington. Reports from different parts of Whatcom and Skagit County said that the shock was felt plainly and distinctly and was canning (?) much comment. Seattle also reported feeling the quake.
Pratt’s Picture Broken
Will D. Pratt, secretary of the board of education, reported that a picture on a dresser in his bedroom was toppled over onto the floor and the glass front broken. He lives at 510 East Holly Street.
A bureau in his home was moved four inches by the quake, said James M. Beem of 1915 C Street, and the house shook sharply.
A rather spooky experience was related L.O. Calhoun, city poundmaster (?), of 920 Liberty street. He said he was sitting in front of the fire when the quake came. An inflated tire on a rim was leaning nearly upright against the wall back of him. The shock set the tire upright and it rolled a few feet nearly in front of him.
Needles in the volt meters at the power plant of the Puget Sound Power & Light company at York street and Railroad avenue fell off, it was reported.
C. H. Park, forestry supervisor was reminded of the local earthquake on December, 1908, when he was in the Exchange building and saw the lines of the building sway and some plaster fall from the walls.
Dreamed of Quake
J. R. Vall , immigration inspector, says both he and his wife dreamed one night early this week (Monday) that an earthquake was occurring.
Jerry Paus, clerk at the Leopold hotel, said a few of the guests called down to the desk to ask what the disturbance was caused by. He said the tremor seemed to pass from the back to the front of the hotel building in a progressive wave.
George Elder, county commissioner, said that he had just built the fire and heard the hot water tank clang. He thought it was frozen, so quickly turned on the tap and found out it wasn’t.
Frank Wanzer, commander of the local American Legion post, was awakened by the tinkling of bric-a-brac on his dresser and thought for a minute he was hearing the heavenly harps of angels as a great relief from the perpetual "When do we eat" cries of his buddies.
Miller Blames Dog
James A. Miller, county commissioner, said he thought his dog had gotten under the bed and was shaking it by moving around. He got up scolding the animal and lit the light only to find nothing under the bed.
Babies, burglars, cats, dogs and other animals were blamed for the disturbances in many households where the occupants were skeptical about earthquakes. Anxious wives were quieted by their more lethargic husbands who declared the noise they heard and shock they had felt was nothing to be concerned about, that it was a blast, a big truck going by or a railroad train shaking the house.
Quite a few men complained that their wives blamed them for the earthquake. The better half, awakened by the shock, grumbled: "Don’t turn over in bed so roughly, I want to sleep."
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1501 |
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 |
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| Transcription: 1926 DECEMBER 4. 6 a.m. IV. An earthquake was generally felt throughout the Victoria area, northwest to Alberni, northeast to New Westminster and south to Port Townsend. There were no reports of serious damage, although some goods were toppled from shelves at Bellingham, and at Friday Harbour on San Juan Island the tremor was felt as a severe explosion. The epicentre was probably in the Gulf Islands area, although if the 3 a.m. jolt was a foreshock the epicentre could have been on southern Vancouver Island. Col., BSSA,SB |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1188 |
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 |
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| Transcription: 1926 December 4. 5:55 a.m. Strait of Juan de Fuca. Widely felt. Pictures fell and dishes broke at Anacortes, Skagit Co.; at Friday Harbor, San Juan Co., an explosive shock nearly threw people from their feet; at Bellingham, Flower pots were toppled over; at Port Angeles, suspended objects rattled in regular beats, and the ground swayed and trembled twenty-five or thirty seconds. At Clallam, Ediz Hook, and Marietta, lighter intensities were reported. Intensity reports of IV came from Port Townsend, Everett, and Mount Vernon.SRC&GS. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 337 |
Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153 |
1935 |
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| Transcription: 1926 December 4; Victoria, B.C., and Bellingham; epicenter probably in the Straits of Juan de Fuca to the southwest of Victoria; widely felt; felt sharply at Port Townsend and Port Angeles. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 963 |
U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96 |
1973 |
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| Transcription: 1926 Dec. 4 05:55 Victoria, B.C 48.5 123.5 4,000 V(4) 3-25 |
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| Source ID |
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Pub Details |
| 7063 |
Consultant's Report, Greg Lange, 2004 |
2004 |
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Transcription: September 26, 1864 EVENTS
September 26, 1864 12:45 to 1:00 AM numerous sources
September 26, 1964 (Victoria) “between 5 and 6” AM (British Colonist September 27, 1964 p 3 col. 1)
October 29, 1864 (Victoria) about 6:55 AM (British Colonist October 31, 1864 p 3 col. 1 and November 3, 1864 p 3 col. 1 and November 7, 1864 p 3 col. 2)
Newspapers examined -
Puget Sound Herald (Steilacoom) - September 9, 1864 to October 24, 1864 (Issued every two weeks - complete) Note: No local news in November 7, 1864 issue
Pacific Tribune (Olympia) - September 10, 1864 to November 19, 1864 (Weekly - Missing October 29 else complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) - September 10, 1864 to November 12, 1864 (Weekly - complete)
Statesman (Walla Walla) - September 23, 1864 to October 28, 1864 (Weekly - over half of text too light to read else complete)
Oregonian (Portland) - September 26, 1864 to October 10, 1864 (6 days a week - Oct. 1, 1864 missing else complete)
The Daily British Colonist (Victoria) - September 1, 1864 to November 11, 1864 (6 days a week - Missing November 10 else complete)
The British Columbian (New Westminster) - September 3, 1864 to November 23, 1864 (2 times per week - complete)
Statesman (Walla Walla) September 23 to October 28, 1864 (Weekly - most of text too light to read else complete)
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Seattle Gazette - September, October, November 1864 issues are too dark to read on microfilm reel
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June 20-27, 1869 EVENTS
June 20, 1869 (Olympia) “about” 4 PM (Olympia Transcript June 26, 1869 p 3 col. 1) Other sources state in afternoon or during day.
June 21, 1869 [sic June 22] (Olympia) “a few minutes before” 5 AM (Olympia Transcript June 26, 1869 p 3 col. 1)
June 22, 1869 (Olympia) 4:30 to 5:00 AM. (Weekly Pacific Tribune June 26, 1869 p 3 col. 2) (Territorial Republican June 28, 1869 p 3 col. 1) (Morning Oregonian June 23, 1869 p 2 col 3) (Olympia Transcript June 26, 1869 p 3 col. 1)
June 23, 1869 [sic June 22] (Olympia) “about 5” AM. (Washington Standard June 26, 1869 p 2 col. 1)
June 27, 1869 8:00 to 8:05 PM numerous sources.
June 28, 1869 (Olympia) midnight (Oregonian June 29, 1869 p 2 col. 4)
Newspapers examined -
Daily British Colonist (Victoria) June 19, 1869 to July 6, 1869 (6 days a week - complete)
Daily British Columbian (Victoria) June 19, 1869 to July 3, 1869 (6 days a week - complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) June 12, 1869 to July 31, 1869 (Weekly - complete)
Weekly Intelligencer (Seattle) June 21, 1869 to August 2, 1869 (Weekly - complete)
Morning Oregonian (Portland) June 21, 1869 to June 24, 1869 and June 28, 1869 to June 30, 1869 (6 days a week - complete)
Weekly Pacific Tribune (Olympia) June 26, 1869 to August 7, 1869 (Weekly - complete)
Port Townsend Weekly Message July 7, 1869 (Weekly - only issue, June issue missing)
Olympia Transcript June 26, 1869 and July 3, 1869 (Weekly)
Western Star (Steilacoom) July 17, 31, 1869 (only two issues)
Territorial Republican (Olympia) June 21, 1869 to July 12, 1869 (Weekly - complete)
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December 7-19, 1880 EVENTS
December 7, 1880 5:55 to about 6:00 PM numerous sources
December 7 to 13, 1880 (Olympia) “six shakes within a week, three of which occured [sic] in the space of five hours last night” (Morning Oregonian December 15, 1880 p 1 col. 5)
December 12, 1880 (Portland) about 8:00 PM “a few minutes before 8 o’clock several lively vibrations were felt … and about an hour later quite a heavy shock was felt…” (Democratic Press December 16, 1880 p 2 col. 2)
December 12, 1880 8:00 PM, 8:30 to 8:47 PM, 9:00 PM numerous sources
December 13, 1880 (Olympia) evening “three [shakes] … occured [sic] in the space of five hours last night” (Morning Oregonian December 15, 1880 p 1 col. 5)
December 13, 1880 (New Tacoma) Evening (Weekly Ledger December 17, 1880)
December 19, 1880 (Vancouver, W.T.) Evening (Vancouver Independent December 23, 1880 p. 5 col. 2)
Newspapers examined -
Puget Sound Weekly Courier (Olympia) November 26, 1880 to January 7, 1881 (weekly - complete)
Democratic Press (Port Townsend) November 25, 1880 to December 30, 1880 (weekly - complete) Note: January 6, 1881 issue of Democratic Press missing
Puget Sound Argus (Port Townsend) November 26, 1880 to January 7, 1881 (weekly - complete)
Weekly Tacoma Ledger November 25, 1880 to February 18, 1881 (weekly - February 11, 1881 missing else complete)
Vancouver Independent (W.T.) December 2, 1880 to December 30, 1880 (weekly - complete)
Yakima Record December 4, 1880 to January 8, 1881 (weekly - January 1, 1881 missing else complete)
Oregonian (Portland) December 7, 1880 to January 4, 1881 (6 times per week - complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) December 4 [sic 3], 1880 to January 28, 1881 (weekly - complete)
Seattle Weekly Post December 3, 1880 to January 28, 1881 (weekly - missing December 10, 24, 1880 and January 7, 1881 else complete)
Walla Walla Union December 11, 1880 to January 1, 1881 (weekly - complete)
New Northwest (Portland) December 9, 1880 to December 23, 1880 (weekly - complete)
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Statesman (Walla Walla) UW reel missing
Willamette Farmer December 1880 (issues missing/not published)
Olympia Transcript (issues missing/not published)
Seattle Daily Intelligencer (December 4, 1880 to June 8, 1881 issues missing/not published)
Weekly Intelligencer (Seattle) (issues missing/not published)
Puget Sound Dispatch (Seattle) (issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Herald (issues missing/not published)
Fair Words (Olympia) (issues missing/not published)
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April 30, 1882 EVENT and week following
April 30, 1882 10:40 PM to 11:05 PM numerous accounts
May 1-6, 1882 (Olympia) “Two or three slight shocks have also been felt during the week.” ( (Olympia Transcript May 6, 1882 p. 3 col. 1)
May 10, 1882 “Portland had three distinct shocks of an earthquake last Wednesday.” (Seattle Daily Chronicle May 15, 1882 p. 3 col. 2) NOTE: Check Portland papers to verify
Newspapers examined -
Olympia Transcript - April 22, 1882 to June 3, 1882 (Weekly - complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) - April 21, 1882 to June 2, 1882 (Weekly - complete)
Seattle Daily Chronicle - April 21, 1882 to May 22, 1882 (6 days a week - complete)
Weekly Ledger (Tacoma) - April 21, 1882; April 28, 1882; June 2, 1882 (Wkly - only available issues)
Puget Sound Weekly Courier (Olympia) - April 21, 1882 to June 2, 1882 (Weekly - complete)
Seattle Post Intelligencer - April 20, 1882 to May 20, 1882 (6 times per week - complete)
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Seattle Daily Herald (issues missing/not published)
Weekly Herald (Tacoma) (issues missing/not published)
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March 7, 1891 EVENT
March 7, 1891 7:35 to 7:54 PM numerous sources
Newspapers examined -
Seattle Telegraph February 26, 1891 to April 9, 1891 (weekly - complete)
Tacoma Weekly News March 6, 1891 to March 20, 1891 (weekly - March 6, 1891 missing)
Tacoma Daily News March 9, 1891 to March 19, 1891 (6 times per week - complete)
Tacoma Morning Globe March 8, 1891 to March 13, 1891 (daily? - complete)
Tacoma Daily Ledger March 8, 1891 to March 11, 1891 (daily - complete)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer March 8, 1891 to March 17, 1891 (daily - complete)
Ellensburgh Capital March 5, 1891 to April 2, 1891 (weekly - complete)
Ellensburgh Localizer March 7, 1891 to March 28, 1891 (weekly - complete)
Snohomish Daily Sun March 2, 1891 to March 18, 1891 (6 times per week - complete)
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Steilacoom News UW microfilm reel missing
Buckley Banner (issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Evening Call (issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Herald (issues missing/not published)
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November 24 to 29, 1891 EVENTS
November 24, 1891 (North Bend, Snoqualmie Pass) night (Seattle Telegraph November 28, 1891 p 3 col. 1)
November 29, 1891 (Seattle) “about 9” AM (Seattle Post Intelligencer November 30, 1891 p 8) NOTE: Only one witness
November 29, 1891 3:13 to 3:20, 3:35 PM numerous sources
Newspapers examined -
Sunday Herald (Tacoma) November 22, 1891 to December 6, 1891 (weekly - complete)
Tacoma Daily Ledger November 20, 1891 to November 30, 1891 (daily - complete) Note December 1891 issues missing/not published
Tacoma Daily News November 20, 1891 to December 3, 1891 (6 times per week & Thanksgiving on November 26, 1891 not published - complete)
Tacoma Morning Globe November 20, 1891 to December 4, 1891 (daily - complete)
Tacoma Evening Call November 20, 1891 to December 2, 1891 (6 times per week & Thanksgiving on November 26, 1891 not published - complete)
Seattle Telegraph November 20, 1891 to December 9, 1891 (6 times per week - complete Note: portions of December 5 too dark to read)
Ellensburg Capital November 19, 1891 to December 10, 1891 (weekly - complete)
Everett News December 11, 1891 to December 25, 1891 (weekly - complete) Note December 4, 1891 missing
Anacortes American November 19, 1891 to December 17, 1891 (weekly - complete)
Anacortes American December 5, 7, 11, 1891 (daily - only issues)
Seattle Press Times November 21, 1891 to December 12, 1891 (6 times per week - complete)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer December 20, 1891 to December 8, 1891 (daily - complete)
Anacortes Progress December 11, 1891 (weekly - only issue) Note December 4 & 18, 1891 missing/not published
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Snohomish Daily Sun (issues missing/not published)
Snohomish Weekly Sun (issues missing/not published)
Port Townsend Leader (issues missing/not published)
Island County Times (issues missing/not published)
Ellensburg Localizer All issues missing/not published during November and December 1891)
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February 25, 1895 EVENTS
February 14, 1895 (no time) (Silver Creek, Lewis County) (see below)
February 25, 1895 4:30 to 4:50 AM numerous sources
February 25, 1895 (Fulton, east Lewis County) 4:45 AM (initial shock at 4:30 AM “followed by a slight shock fifteen minutes later” (Chehalis Bee March 1, 1895 p 2 col. 3)
ADDITIONAL ENTRIES
Feb 14, 1895 “Silver Creek, Lewis Co.: Slight earthquake shock on the 14th.” (Washington State Weather Service. Monthly Meteorological Report and Summary of the Washington State Weather Service Volume 4 #8 February 1895 p. 1)
Feb 25, 1895 “An earthquake shock was quite generally noticed in Western and Central Washington on the morning of the 25th about 4:30 o’clock.” “Ashford, Pierce co: Quite a severe earthquake occurred here on the twenty fifth at 4:27 A.M.” “Centerville, Klickitat Co: Feb. 25th, at half past four A.M., two earthquake shocks were felt very distinctly, one following immediately after the other. The first was stronger than the second.” (Washington State Weather Service. Monthly Meteorological Report and Summary of the Washington State Weather Service Volume 4 #8 February 1895 p. 1)
Newspapers examined -
Washington Standard (Olympia) February 22, 1895 to March 8, 1895 (weekly - complete)
Chehalis Nuggett February 22, 1895 to March 8, 1895 (weekly - complete)
Chehalis Bee March 1, 1895 to March 22, 1895 (weekly - complete)
People’s Advocate (Chehalis) February 22, 1895 to March 8, 1895 (weekly - complete)
Oregonian (Portland) February 18, 1895 to March 1, 1895 (daily - complete)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer February 26, 1895 to February 28, 1895 (daily - complete)
Sumner Herald (Pierce County) February 22, 1895 to March 22, 1895 (weekly - missing March 8, 22, 1895 else complete)
White River Journal (Kent) February 23, 1895 to March 9, 1895 (weekly - compete)
Aberdeen Herald February 21, 1895 to March 7, 1895 (weekly - complete)
Tacoma Herald February 16, 1895 to March 9, 1895 (weekly - complete)
Seattle Press Times February 25, 1895 to February 27, 1895 (daily - February 26, 1895 missing/not published else complete)
Palladium (Olympia) February 20, 1895 to March 20, 1895 (weekly - complete)
Snohomish County Tribune (Snohomish) March 1, 1895 to March 29, 1895 (weekly - complete)
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Washingtonian (Hoquiam) UW microfilm reel missing
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March 13 to 16, 1903 EVENTS
March 13, 1903 6:21-6:40 PM numerous sources
March 16, 1903 (Tacoma) evening (Tacoma Semi Weekly News March 17, 1903 p 4 col 2) NOTE: Need to confirm by looking at other Tacoma newspapers.
ADDITIONAL ENTRY
Mar 13, 1903 Earthquake Shocks - Centralia, Grand Mound, Olympia, Seattle (Weather Bureau, US Department of Agriculture. Washington Section of the Climate and Crop Service of the Weather Bureau (Seattle, Weather Bureau) volume 6 #10 March 1903)
Newspapers examined -
Snohomish County Tribune (Snohomish) March 6, 1903 to March 27, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) March 13, 1903 to April 17, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer March 14, 1903 to March 17, 1903 (daily - complete)
Port Orchard Independent March 7, 1903 to March 21, 1903 (weekly - complete)
White River Journal (Kent) March 7, 1903 to March 21, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Kitsap County Herald (Poulsbo) March 13, 1903 to March 20, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Tacoma Semi Weekly News March 13, 1903 to March 24, 1903 (2 times per week - complete)
Willapa Harbor Pilot (South Bend) March 20, 1903 to March 27, 1903 (weekly - complete)
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Everett Herald UW microfilm copy very dark, unable to read
Index Miner (issues missing/not published)
Issaquah Independent (issues missing/not published)
Daily News Searchlight (Bremerton) (issues missing/not published)
Chehalis Bee Nugget (issues missing/not published)
Peoples Advocate (Chehalis) (issues missing/not published)
Olympia Chronicle (issues missing/not published)
Weekly Capital (Olympia) (issues missing/not published)
Spectator (Tacoma) (issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Times (issues missing/not published)
Union Record (Tacoma) (issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Daily News (issues missing/not published)
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September 5 to 11, 1903 EVENTS
September 5, 1903 (Castle Rock) “morning” (Tacoma Daily News September 12, 1903 p 2 col. 4) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer p. 1 col. 4)
September 11, 1903 3:30 to 3:50, 4:20 PM numerous sources
ADDITIONAL ENTRY
Sept 11, 1903 Earthquake Shocks - La Center at 3:50 p.m., South Bend at 3:30 pm (Weather Bureau, US Department of Agriculture. Washington Section of the Climate and Crop Service of the Weather Bureau (Seattle, Weather Bureau) volume 7 #4 September 1903)
Newspapers examined -
Skamania County Pioneer (Stevenson) September 3, 1903 to September 24, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Oregonian (Portland) September 12, 1903 to September 14, 1903 (daily - complete)
Willapa Harbor Pilot (South Bend) September 11, 1903 to September 25, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Kitsap County Herald (Poulsbo) September 11, 1903 to September 25, 1893 (weekly - complete)
Seattle Times September 12, 1903 only
Kitsap County Review (Bremerton) November 14 & 21, 1903 (weekly)
White River Journal (Kent) September 5, 1903 to September 19, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Tacoma Semi Weekly News September 8, 1903 to September 18, 1903 (twice a week - complete)
Port Orchard Independent September 12, 1903 to September 19, 1903 (weekly)
Tacoma Daily News September 11, 1903 to September 14, 1903 (6 times per week - complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) September 11, 1903 to September 18, 1903 (weekly)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer September 12, 1903 to September 15, 1903 (daily - complete)
Buckley Banner September 11, 1903 to September 25, 1903 (weekly - Sept 18 missing else complete)
Aberdeen Herald September 14, 1903 to September 21, 1903 (2 times per week - complete)
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Weekly Chronicle (Olympia) (issues missing/not published)
Weekly Capital (Olympia) (issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Times (issues missing/not published)
Sumner Index (issues missing/not published)
Sumner Herald (issues missing/not published)
Olympia Chronicle (issues missing/not published)
Issaquah Independent (issues missing/not published)
Chehalis Bee Nugget (issues missing/not published)
Daily Spectator (Tacoma) (issues missing/not published)
People’s Advocate (Chehalis) (issues missing/not published)
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January 11 to February 8, 1909 EVENTS
January 11, 1909 3:30 to 4:30 PM Numerous sources
January 11, 1909 (Lopez) First tremor 4:30 PM Second tremor 20 minutes later (4:50 PM) (Friday Harbor Journal Jan 14, 1909 p 8 col. 4)
January 11, 1909 (Olga) First tremor 3:40 PM. Second tremor 40 minutes later (4:30 PM) (San Juan Islander January 16, 1909 p 8 col. 2)
January 11, 1909 (Friday Harbor) 10 PM (San Juan Islander January 16, 1909 p 1 col. 6)
January 11-12, 1909 (evening) (East Sound) “During the night there was a succession of light shocks …” (San Juan Islander January 16, 1909 p 8 col. 1)
January 12, 1909 (Friday Harbor) 12 midnight (San Juan Islander January 16, 1909 p 1 col. 6)
January 14, 1909 (Lopez) night “distant tremor … felt Thursday night” (Jan 14) “Several [tremors] have been reported since Monday.” (Friday Harbor Journal Jan 21, 1909 p 8 col. 6)
January 16, 1909 (East Sound) 7:25 PM (Friday Harbor Journal Jan 21, 1909 p 8 col. 4)
January 29, 1909 (West Sound) 3 AM (Friday Harbor Journal Feb 4, 1909 p 8 col. 3) (Lopez) 3:30 AM (Friday Harbor Journal February 4, 1909 p 8 col. 5)
February 4, 1909 (Lopez) 1:40 AM (Friday Harbor Journal February 11, 1909 p 8 col. 5)
February 8, 1909 (West Sound) Monday (Feb 8) night (Friday Harbor Journal February 11, 1909 p 8 col. 4)
ADDITIONAL ENTRIES
Jan 11, 1909 Earthquakes - Anacortes, Baker, Bellingham, Blaine, Coupeville, East Sound, Granite Falls, Olga, Olympia, Port Townsend, Vashon Island (Weather Bureau, US Department of Agriculture. Washington Section of the Climatological Service of the Weather Bureau (Portland Oregon, Weather Bureau) volume 13 #1 January 1909)
Jan 21, 1909 Earthquakes - Lakeside, Rex Creek [Chelan County] (Weather Bureau, US Department of Agriculture. Washington Section of the Climatological Service of the Weather Bureau (Portland Oregon, Weather Bureau) volume 13 #1 January 1909)
Newspapers examined -
San Juan Islander (Friday Harbor) January 7, 1909 to February 12, 1909 (weekly - Jan 30, 1909 missing else complete)
Friday Harbor Journal January 7, 1909 to March 4, 1909 (weekly - complete)
Anacortes American January 7, 1909 to February 11, 1909 (weekly - complete)
American Reville (Bellingham) January 10, 1909 to January 30, 1909 (6 times per week - complete)
Everett Herald January 11, 1909 to January 18, 1909 (6 times per week - complete)
Arlington Times January 16, 1909 to February 13, 1909 (weekly - complete)
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Island County Times (Coupeville) (issues missing/not published)
Blaine Journal (January 1909 issues missing/not published)
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July 29, 1913 EVENT
July 29, 1913 (Mt Rainier) 8:15 AM (Tacoma Daily News July 29, 1913 p 1 col 1; July 30, 1913 p 2 col 4) (Tacoma Tribune July 30, 1913 p 1 col. 1) (Buckley Banner Aug 1, 1913 p 3 col 2)
Newspapers examined -
Puyallup Herald August 1, 1913 to August 15, 1913 (Weekly - complete)
Buckley Banner July 25, 1913 to August 15, 1913 (Weekly - complete)
Sumner Index July 25, 1913 to August 8, 1913 (Weekly - complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) August 1 & 8, 1913 (Weekly)
Tacoma Daily News July 29, 30, 1913 (Daily)
Tacoma Tribune July 29, 1913 & July 30, 1913 (page 1 only)
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Lewis County Clarion (Centralia) (July-August 1913 issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Times (July-August 1913 issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Daily Ledger (July-August 1913 issues missing/not published)
Olympia Chronicle (July-August 1913 issues missing/not published)
Washington Saturday Review (July-August 1913 issues missing/not published)
Morton Mirror (issues missing/not published)
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November 21, 1916 EVENT
November 21, 1916 (Everett, Anacortes) 11:30 AM numerous sources
Newspapers examined -
Arlington Times November 16, 1916 to November 30, 1916 (weekly - November 16, 1916 missing)
Concrete Herald November 18, 1916 to December 6, 1916 (weekly - complete)
Everett Herald November 21, 22, 1916 (daily)
Oak Harbor News November 24, 1916 to December 1, 1916 (weekly)
Anacortes American November 16, 1916 to December 7, 1916 (weekly - complete)
Friday Harbor Journal November 23, 30, 1916 (weekly)
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Skagit News (Mount Vernon) (issues missing/not published)
Mount Vernon Herald (issues missing/not published)
Mount Vernon Argus (issues missing/not published)
Skagit County Times (issues missing/not published)
Guemes Beachcomber (issues missing/not published)
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January 23 to 24, 1920 EVENTS
January 23, 1920 (Victoria, BC) 9:00 PM Recorded on Victoria seismograph (unknown if felt by residents) (Anacortes American January 29, 1920 p 1 col. 5-6)
January 23, 1920 11:00 to 11:12 PM numerous sources
January 24, 1920 (Victoria, BC) 2:00 AM Recorded on Victoria seismograph (unknown if felt by residents) (Anacortes American January 29, 1920 p 1 col. 5-6)
Newspapers examined -
Friday Harbor Journal January 29 & February 5, 1920. Also March 1920 weather summary in March 4, 1920 issue (weekly)
Anacortes American January 22, 1920 to February 12, 1920 (weekly - complete) February 19, 1920 page one only (rest of issue missing)
Port Townsend Weekly Leader January 29, 1920 to February 19, 1920 (weekly - complete)
Oak Harbor News January 16, 1920 (weekly - last issue)
Island County Farm Bureau News (Oak Harbor) January 23, 1920 to February 13, 1920 (weekly - complete)
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Port Angeles Daily Herald (issues missing/not published)
Mount Vernon Daily Herald (issues missing/not published)
Bellingham American (issues missing/not published)
Stanwood News (issues missing/not published)
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December 4, 1926 EVENT
December 4, 1926 5:55 to 5:57 AM numerous sources
Newspapers examined -
Friday Harbor Journal December 2, 1926 to December 30, 1926 (weekly - complete)
Anacortes American December 9, 1926 to December 23, 1926 (weekly - complete)
Port Townsend Leader December 3, 1926 to December 17, 1926 (weekly - complete)
Bellingham American December 4, 1926 only issue examined
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Anacortes Daily Mercury (issues missing/not published)
Olympic Tribune (Port Angeles) (issues missing/not published)
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| Source ID |
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| 1022 |
U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96 |
1973 |
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| Transcription: 1926. December 4. Victoria, B.C. Epicenter probably in Straits of Juan de Fuca, southwest of Victoria. Strong at Bellingham, Wash., and Victoria, British Columbia. Felt sharply at Port Townsend and Port Angeles, Wash. |
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| 6046 |
Mount Vernon Daily Herald |
1926 |
Dec. 4, Saturday, A5960, p1 c1 |
Transcription: LOCAL HOMES ROCKED BY EARTH TREMBLOR
QUAKE LASTS 20 SECONDS
Scores Awakened As Earth Shimmy Is Felt In This City
First shock at 5.40
Chimneys cracked in Anacortes; Quakes severe in Victoria; Dishes rattled at Everett
An earthquake strong enough to awaken scores of Mount Vernon residents was felt here between five and six o’clock this morning. The tremblor lasted about twenty seconds. The quake was of such intensity that objects in many homes were moved., it was reported to the Daily Herald today.
The quake was one of the rocking vibration variety from north to south, concluding with an east and west jerk, several who have gone through quakes reported today. Had the tremblor been of the jerking variety instead of the rocking, it contained enough strength o have caused considerable damage, it was pointed out.
Earthquakes in this vicinity are of unusual occurrence and the slight tremblor was the sole topic of discussion in and about Mount Vernon today. The quake came about 5.40. Some reported that another tremblor followed several minutes later.
Scores were awakened by the quake, while others who had already risen said their houses rocked similar to a boat on the ocean.
According to Associated Press dispatches, the quake was felt else where in the northwest.
Tumbles Victoria Folks From Bed
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Dec. 4. An earthquake at rising time this morning was severely felt at Victoria, B. C.
The center of the disturbance as placed under the Strait of Juan de Fuca and south or west of Victoria. It was scarcely detectable in Seattle. Bellingham, Mount Vernon, Port Angeles and Vancouver felt it.
Houses swayed in Victoria and folks heard a rumbling as they tumbled out of bed. It was declared the most serious earthquake in the history of Victoria.
Chimneys Cracked At Anacortes
(By Associated Press)
ANACORTES, Dec. 4. - Anacortes felt an earthquake at 5.56 this morning. Buildings were shaken and chimneys were cracked. A slighter quake was felt at 7.05
Dwelling Shakes As In A Gale
(By Associated Press)
EVERETT, DEC. 4. Everett and the district surrounding it were disturbed this morning by a fifteen to twenty second earthquake. The direction was north to south. Houses were shaken, dishes doors and windows rattled, and a resident of the east Everett district said her dwelling shook as in a gale. |
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| 2330 |
Garry Colin Rogers, Seismotectonics of British Coulmbia, PhD Thesis |
1983 |
PhD Thesis, Dept. of Geophysics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, pp. 19-27 and p. 228 |
Transcription: TABLE Il
Larger Historic Vancouver Island - Puget Sound Earthquakes
Their Felt Area (In square KM -RSL 6/95) and Resulting Magnitude
FELT PREVIOUS(1) FELT AREA (2)
DATE COORDINATES AREA MAGNITUDE MAGNITUDE
1872 DEC 14 48.6 121.4 1010,000 - 7.3
1903 MAR 14 47.7 122.2 26,000* 4.3 4.9
1904 MAR 17 47.8 123.0 50,000* 6.0 5.3
1909 JAN 11 48.7 122.8 150,000 5.6 6.0
1911 SEP 29 48.8 122.7 8,000 4.3 4.1
1913 DEC 25 47.7 122.5 20,000* 4.3 4.7
1915 AUG 18 48.5 121.4 77,000* 5.5 4.6 (This magnitude is a typographic error in Roger's thesis correct magnitude should be 5.6, based on the felt area given here RSL 6/95)
1918 DEC 06 49.5 125.9 650,000 7.0 7.0
1920 JAN 24 48.6 123.0 70,000 5.0 5.5
1923 FEB 12 49.0 122.7 8,000 4.3 4.1
1926 DEC 04 48.5 123.0 30,000 4.3 5.0
1928 FEB 09 49.0 125.3 120,000 3.7 5.8
(List continues through 1965 - RSL 6/1995)
*Felt area from "Earthquake History of the United States" by Coffman and
von Hake (1973).
1)Magnitude in the Canadian Earthquake Data File.
2)Calculated using Toppozada's (1975) relationships
5) Comments on Revisions of Some Key Earthquakes (Figure 6)
a) March 16, 1904
In the Canadian Earthquake Data File the epicentre for this event was located on the west
side of the Olympic Peninsula and it was assigned a magnitude of 6. in "Earthquake History of
the United States" it is given the location of Victoria, B.C. and assigned an intensity value of V.
A study of felt levels from newspaper reports suggests the earthquake has an epicentre along the
west side of Puget Sound, south of Port Townsend and that the magnitude is about 5. The
confirmation that this earthquake was not near the west coast of the Olympic Peninsula is
important as no large earthquakes have yet been located along the coast.
b) January 11, 1909
Felt reports from newspapers limit this epicentre to the San Juan Islands region where
several instances of damage occurred. Felt information also clearly shows that the size of the
isoseismal maps is between that for the 1965 Seattle earthquake and the 1976 Gulf Islands
earthquake (Figure 7). The magnitude is about 6 according to Toppozada's (1975) felt area
relationship. Lack of aftershocks and lack of higher intensities in the epicentral region suggest
this event belongs to the deeper suite of earthquakes. This event is significant because it
points out that large earthquakes in the deeper suite can also occur north of Puget Sound.
c) December 6, 1918
This earthquake has several epicentres in the literature which are shown in Figure 8.
Investigations with the set of P arrival times listed in the ISS place the epicentre on Vancouver
Island near the west coast, south of the present town of Gold River which did not exist in 1918.
Because of the quality of 1918 arrival times this epicentre has an uncertainty of the order of + 50
km. Felt information collected by Dennison (1919) and supplemented by newspaper
investigations suggest the magnitude of 7 (Ms) calculated by Gutenberg and Richter (1949) is
correct.
d) February 9, 1928
Felt information and a 100 mile distance issued from the Victoria seismograph station (VGZ),
presumably from the S-P interval, indicates the earthquake was in the vicinity of Barkely Sound
and had a magnitude of about 5-3/4. This event was in the Canadian Earthquake Data File but
was located in the Strait of Juan de Fuca with a magnitude of 3.7. It is significant that an
earthquake of this size occurred in the Barkely Sound region as there have been no events
above magnitude 4 in that region since 1928.
e) September 17, 1926 and May 7, 1927
Both of these events were assigned epicentres by the ISS at the location previously
calculated for the epicentre of the December 6, 1918 earthquake (Figure 8). Because of the
proximity of the cities of Nanaimo and Victoria and the distribution of population close to the ISS
epicentral region, these earthquakes could not have been located there as they would have been
felt. With the data listed in the ISS and felt reports they were located elsewhere. The 1927
event occurred in the vicinity of Brooks Peninsula on Vancouver Island and the 1926 event
occurred on the mainland north of Vancouver (see Appendix 1).
APPENDIX 1 - Revised parameters fir earthquakes in the Vancouver Island-Puget Sound Region 1900-1950
( P 128. - Included here are 1900-1928; Times apparently GMT -RSL 5/95)
YEAR DATE TIME LAT LONG MAG
1903 Mar. 14 02:15 47.7 122.2 4.9 Location from "EQ Hist. of the US.", mag. from felt area
1904 Mar. 17 04:21 47.8 123.0 5.3 Location from "EQ Hist. of the US.", mag. from felt area
1909 Jan. 11 23:49 48.7 122.8 6.0 Location based on felt reports, mag. from felt area
1911 Sept. 29 02:39 48.8 122.7 4.1 Location from "EQ Hist. of the US.", mag. from felt area
1913 Dec. 25 14:40 47.7 122.5 4.7 Location from "EQ Hist. of the US.", mag. from felt area
1915 Aug. 18 14:05 48.5 121.4 4.6 Location from "EQ Hist. of the US.", mag. from felt area (Note - the magnitude of 4.6 is due to a typographical error in Table 1 of Roger's thesis. The correct magnitude, based on a felt area of 77,000 square km is 5.6 RSL 6/95)
1918 Dec. 06 08:41:05.8 49.62 125.92 7.0 Recalc. from ISS data. Mag. from Gutenberg and Richter (1949) and felt area.
1919 Oct. 10 01:07:16.5 48.63 127.15 5.5 Recalc. from ISS data. Mag. estimated from the number of P arrivals.
1920 Jan. 24 07:10 48.6 123.0 5.5 Location from "EQ Hist. of the US.", mag. from felt area
1923 Feb. 12 18:30 49.0 122.7 4.1 Location from "EQ Hist. of the US.", mag. from felt area
1926 Sept. 17 23:14:40 50.0 123.0 5.5 Recalc. from ISS data. Mag. estimated from the number of P arrivals. This event was previously identified as occurring on Sept. 7 at 22:14:36
1926 Dec. 4 13:55 48.5 123.0 5.0 Location based on felt reports, Magnitude from felt area
1927 May 7 21:56 50.15 127.85 5.5 Gonzales (VGZ) S-P and felt reports are similar to 1978 Brooks Peninsula events, thus this epicentre is used. Magnitude from felt area. This event was previously identified as occurring on May 8 at 14:00.
1928 Feb. 9 11:05 49.0 125.3 5.8 Location on the basis of Gonzales (VGZ) S-P and felt reports. Magnitude from felt area. |
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| 183 |
Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476 |
1967 |
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| Transcription: 183 1926 Dec. 4 13:55 Anacortes-Friday Harbor V+ 1,4 |
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| 7106 |
Friday Harbor Journal |
1926 |
Dec. 9, 1926, Thurs., p. 6, c. 5 |
Transcription: WEST SOUND
...
The quake of last Saturday morning gave us a new topic of conversation. We have been pretty sure of ourselves and this reminds us life is quite uncertain in some homes. Things were shaken from tables and shelves, tho no serious damage was done, the Seattle Star says the quake was supposed to have originated in the Straits of San Juan de Fuca. This may be true but we feel it was altogether too blamed close for comfort. |
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| 7105 |
Friday Harbor Journal |
1926 |
Dec. 9, 1926, Thurs., p. 2, c. 3 |
Transcription: Quake Shakes Coast North of Seattle.
Victoria, B.C. The north Pacific coast from Vancouver, B.C., to Seattle, was shaken by a series of earth temblors of sharpness almost unprecedented in this region, and believed to have originated in the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Victoria Island, opposite Vancouver, experienced the most severe shaking, and appeared to be close to the quake center. Victoria residents awakened in great alarm. Windows were rattled and the earth’s trembling was accompanied by a deep rumbling. Bellingham reported it experienced shocks of almost equal severity. All inhabitants were awakened. Seattle residents reported feeling the jolts, though with less intensity. |
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| 7104 |
Friday Harbor Journal |
1926 |
Dec. 9, 1926, Thurs., p. 1, c. 5 |
Transcription: EARTHQUAKE FELT IN PUGET SOUND DISTRICT
Center of Intensity Said to be in Straits of Juan de Fuca
At approximately 5:33 o’clock, Saturday morning, residents of Friday Harbor and vicinity had the unusual experience of being aroused from their slumbers by an earthquake of sufficient intensity to rattle doors and windows, and to vibrate beds in a way that only a quake has the habit of doing.
To most Friday Harbor residents there was a rumbling sound followed by a quake noise like a heavy explosion which was followed by the rattling of windows, etc., as the surface of the earth shimmied and quivered. According to news dispatches, the quake was quite generally felt over the entire Puget Sound district. It is claimed to have been the most severe shock experienced for a number of years in the Northwest. The center of disturbance, according to intensity reported, was placed somewhere near the entrance of the Straits of Juan de Fuca, south or west of Victoria, B.C. According to the U. of W. seismograph the disturbance lasted for two minutes. No damage was reported.
Earthquakes are caused, according to geologists, when big masses of earth fall short distances and jar the whole area around them. Mountains are continually being pushed upward and in this process the rocks of the earth’s crust bend and strain and finally break, letting huge masses fall an inch or two to make slight tremblers as experienced Saturday morning or greater distances to cause the quakes that do great damage. |
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| 7107 |
Friday Harbor Journal |
1927 |
Jan, 6, 1927, Thurs., p. 1, c. 5 |
Transcription: WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER
Earthquake recorded at 5:55 a.m. December 3rd[sic]. No damage. |
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| 7112 |
Land of trees: Scannings from Quinault country, the Grays Harbor region, and beyond, 1774-1997
by Larry J Workman, Quinault Indian Nation
ISBN: 0940359014 |
1997 |
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Transcription: EARTHQUAKE EVENTS LISTED IN Workman, Land of Trees (1997)
SOURCE: Workman, Larry J. Land of Trees: Scannings From Quinault Country, the Grays Harbor Region, and Beyond 1774-1997 (Taholah, WA: The Quinault Indian Nation, 1997)
Newspapers that were used for most of the entries include Daily World (Aberdeen), Montesano Vidette, Weekly Puget Sound Courier (Olympia), Olympic [sic?] Transcript (Olympia), Washington Standard (Olympia), North Coast News (Ocean Shores)
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November 23, 1827 “Slight shock of earthquake felt at Fort Langley”
October 1842 “St. Helens enters a violent eruptive phase that will continue intermittently for fifteen years.”
November 23, 1842 “Ash from St. Helens falls to ½ inch deep at the Dalles.”
February 16, 1843 “Peter H. Burnett (later governor of California) reports, ‘The mountain (St. Helens) burning magnificently.’”
1854 “George Davidson, a scientist, reports ‘vast rolling masses of dense smoke,’ on Mt. Baker.”
December 14, 1872 “Strong earthquake felt on Puget Sound.” p 35
October 19, 1873 “Clouds of smoke pour from the highest peak of Mount Rainier. (Last for nearly a week).” p 35
March 27, 1884 “Quite an earthquake shock in Hoquiam was noticed about 10:00 p.m. lasting 3 seconds; no damage.” p 38
October 9, 1885 “Earthquake in Olympia.” p 40
September 3, 1886 “Greatest earthquake to hit the United States centers on Charleston, South Carolina.” p 41
April 22, 1887 “An earthquake shock, heavy enough in places to shake dishes from shelves, was felt in several towns in this Territory.” (Note: Index refers to this as an earthquake at Grays Harbor) p 42
May 7, 1887 “Something like a tidal-wave struck the Quinaielt agency at midnight. Some of the Indian houses were waist deep in water, the inmates yelling in terror as they were submerged during sleep on their low sleeping places. The water receded as rapidly as it came, carrying everything portable in its exit.” p 43
November 30, 1891 “Earthquake shock slight on [Grays? gwl] Harbor, but heaviest ever experienced in some Sound cities.” p 49
April 18, 1906 “Bay City (San Francisco) ravage by earthquake at 5:10 a.m. and the fires that followed (the rebuilding of the city greatly stimulated logging on Grays Harbor).” p 66
January 11, 1909 “Grays Harbor Earthquake, 4:03 p.m.” p 68
April 16, 1910 “Halley’s Comet visible to the naked eye.” p 70
October 11, 1911 “Earthquake in Southern California kills 700.” p 71
September 5, 1914 “Earthquake in Olympia felt over 1,000 sq. miles.” p 74
January 13, 1915 “50,000 die in Italian earthquake.” p 74
April 22, 1915 “Tacoma rocked by an earthquake.” p 74
December 24, 1920 “A small tidal wave sweeps beaches, washes 12 Sunset Beach cottages from their foundations.” p 79
September 3, 1923 “Japanese earthquake kills 90,000.” p 82
December 4, 1926 “Quake shakes Northwest.” p 85
July 16, 1928 “Giant meteor lights up night sky and [Grays? gwl] Harborites hear rumble.” p 87
March 12, 1929 “Brilliant light flashes in the sky.” p 87 (Note: Index references this as Meteor - Harbor)
May 4, 1929 “Report of vast earth upheaval on the Queets near M. M. Kelly Ranch.” p 88
December 31, 1931 “Tremor shakes up Puget Sound and Hood Canal.” p 91 |
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