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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 #88 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Rasmussen cites an account in the Daily Tribune (Olympia), which states "an earthquake shock was felt in Vancouver. The wall in the lower story of the Alta House was cracked by the shock." It is not clear whether Vancouver B.C. or Washington is intended. No mention of this event was found in either the British Colonist or the Oregonian.
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
1870  6  6  12    P  L  45.62  122.67        Vancouver  WA           
N-WA - 2569 WWC - 1638 - - RAS - 16 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1638  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 187006 70800000 45625-122670W R 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
16  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 16 1870 June 7 08: Vancouver 14 felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2569  The Daily Tribune  1870  June 17, 1870; known from U.W. Library, Pacific Northwest Collection card catalog. 
Transcription: EARTHQUAKE IN VANCOUVER. - On the night of the 6th inst., at 12 o'clock, an earthquake shock was felt in Vancouver. The wall in the lower story of the Alta House was cracked by the shock.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2410  Washington Public Power Supply System, "WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 2, Final Safety Analysis Report, Volume 1, Amendment 18"
September 1981 		 1981  Table 2.5-6 
Transcription: 1870 Jun 7 Vancouver, Wash. R
 


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