Individual Event Report
| Event #93 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| A mistaken date of 2/16 was given in previous catalogs. The Victoria Colonist (transcribed in WPPSS documents, and repeated in the Washington Standard) said: "...buildings vibrated slightly and gas burners moved rapidly from side to side lights and then everything settled ..." |
| 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 |
| 1872 |
2 |
18 |
7 |
|
P |
L |
48.41 |
123.36 |
|
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Victoria |
B.C. |
|
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| N-WaS - 1527 |
WWC - 1642 |
- |
- |
N-WaS - 1527 |
- |
Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 19 |
Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476 |
1967 |
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| Transcription: 19 1872 Feb. 16 03:35 Victoria, B. C. 12 felt |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1527 |
Washington Standard |
1872 |
Feb 24, pg 2, c. 4, 1872 |
| Transcription: Earthquake at Victoria.-- The Victoria Colonist says that between 7 and 7:30 o'clock on Sunday evening there occurred a remarkable stillness in the air and an oppressive, heated condition of the atmosphere which forbade the slightest suspicion of frost. Worshippers at the church felt the air grow oppressively warm and not a few laid aside their wrappers and overcoats. This "heated term" continued until 7:35 o'clock when a veritable earthquake shook the city. The shock came with a rush and a sweep similar to that of a heavy gust of wind. The buildings vibrated slightly and gas burners moved rapidly from side to side lights and then everything settled back to a state of accustomed steadiness. In a few moments the atmosphere grew as suddenly cool as it had before become warm and by 8:15 o'clock a cold current of air was flowing from the northwest. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2491 |
Washington Public Power Supply System, Preliminary
Safety Analysis Report, Ammendment 23,
WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1, 1300 MW Nuclear Power Plant, Vol. 2A. |
1977 |
Tables 2R-E18 and 2R-E14D. Victoria Daily Colonist, Victoria, B.C., February 20, 1872 |
Transcription: February 18, 1872
Victoria Daily Colonist, Victoria, B.C., February 20, 1872
"PHENOMENA ON SUNDAY EVENING
"Between 7 and 7:30 o'clock on Sunday evening there occurred a
remarkable stillness in the air and an oppressive, heated condition of
the atmosphere which forbade the slighest suspicion of frost. Worshippers
at the churches felt the air grow oppressively warm and not a few laid
aside their wrappers and overcoats. This 'heated term' continued until
7:35 o'clock when a veritable earthquake shook the city. The shock came
with a rush and a sweep similar to that of a heavy gust of wind. The
buildings vibrated slightly and gas-burners moved rapidly from side to
side, lights flickered and flared for a few seconds, and then everything
settled back to a state of accustomed steadiness. -In a few moments the
atmosphere grew as suddenly cool as it had before become warm, and by
8:15 o'clock a cold current of air was flowing from the Northwest." |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1642 |
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: 187202160335000 48417-123367W R 01 |
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