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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 #45 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
This entry originates with Holden, ( who cites Perrey), and the information he gives (Port Townsend, W. T.) is repeated in all other catalogs. No newspapers have been researched.
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
1860  5  7          48.00  123.00        Port Townsend  WA           
HOLD1 - 432 USEQS - 912 - - HOLD1 - 432 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
432  Holden, Edward S., 1887, List of Recorded Earthquakes in California, Lower California, Oregon, and Washington Territory  1887  Printed by Direction of the Regents of the University of California, Sacremento, California, 
Transcription: 1860. May 7; Port Townsend, W. T.-Perrey.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1030  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   
Transcription: 1860 May 7. Port Townsend [Jefferson Co.] -Perry. P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
199  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1860 May 7; Port Townsend. Perrey; P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
971  U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96  1973   
Transcription: 1860. May 7. Port Townsend, Wash. No details.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2405  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: 1860 May 7 Port Townsend, Wash TA
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1625  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 186005 7 48000-123000 CA 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
4  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 4 1860 May 7 - 48 N, 123 W 1 felt, Port Townsend
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
912  U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96  1973   
Transcription: 1860 May 7 - Port Townsend, Wash 48 123 (1) - 32
 


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