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Cascadia Historic Earthquake Catalog, 1793-1929
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Event #91 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
This confused account apparently originates with the European cataloger Fuchs: "Shocks in Washington Territory, and on Mt. Raynier. During the whole month shocks on the coast". Holden's (1887) entry, referencing Fuchs is carried forward in other catalogs. Newspaper accounts have not 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
1871  19          46.70  122.10        Mt. Rainier  WA           
HOLD1 - 443 RAS - 17 - - HOLD1 - 443 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
669  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Washington Territory 19 March, 1871 -Holden's Cat. pg 86 Shocks during night the whole month on the coast.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
916  U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96  1973   
Transcription: 1871 May 19 - Mt. Rainier, Wash - - - - Do.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
204  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1871 May 19; shocks in Washington Territory, and on Mount Rainier during the whole month shocks on the coast. Fuchs; Tacoma, P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
17  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 17 1871 May 19 - 46.7 N, 122.1 W 1 felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
443  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: 1871. May 19; Shocks in Washington Territory, and on Mt. Raynier. During the whole month shocks on the coast.--Fuchs.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
975  U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96  1973   
Transcription: 1871. May 19. Mount Rainier, Wash. Shocks during the entire month at Mount Rainier, in Washington Territory, and along the coast.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1640  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: 18710519 46700-122100 R 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1035  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: 1871 May 19. Shocks in Washington Territory, and on Mount Rainier. During the whole month shocks on the coast.-Fuchs. Tacoma.-P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2412  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 May 19 mt. Rainier, Wash. R
 


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