Individual Event Report
| Event #90 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| The Washington Standard, cited by Rasmussen, describes the earthquake as being felt all over Olympia at about the same intensity, rattling doors and windows, and causing suspended items to sway. |
| 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 |
| 1871 |
1 |
20 |
7 |
40 |
P |
L |
47.04 |
122.89 |
|
|
|
Olympia |
WA |
|
|
|
|
|
| N-WaS - 2578 |
WWC - 1639 |
- |
- |
RAS - 18 |
- |
Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1639 |
Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished |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Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 187101210340000 47045-122890W R 01 |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 18 |
Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476 |
1967 |
|
| Transcription: 18 1871 Jan. 21 03:40 Olympia 12 felt |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2578 |
Washington Standard |
1871 |
Jan. 21, 1871. p. 2, c. 4. Sat. weekly; known from U.W. Library, Pacific Northwest Collection card catalog. |
| Transcription: AN EARTHQUAKE - Last evening about twenty minutes to eight o'clock, there was experienced all over this city a very distinct shock of an earthquake. The direction of the wave seemed to be about north and south. It just rather unceremoniously moved everything forward and back a couple of times and then passed on. The sensation produced was rather agreeable than otherwise, and we decidedly enjoyed being familiarized by a slight acquaintance with these inexplicable jards that terra firma so called is subject to. The shock was felt to about the same intensity all over town, rattling doors, windows and other loose articles, and causing the latter to vibrate very perceptibly when suspended from walls or ceilings. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2413 |
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: 1871 Jan 20 Seattle, Wash. WG-2 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2411 |
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: 1871 Jan 20 Olympia, Wash. R |
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