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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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1793-1849 .... 1850s .... 1860s .... 1870s .... 1880s .... 1890s .... 1900s .... 1910s .... 1920s .... 1930s (not complete) .... Other Cascadia Catalogs

  
Individual Event Report
Event #107 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Known only from a report in 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
1872  12  17                  Olympia  WA           
N-Ore - 1986 - - - N-Ore - 1986 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1986  Oregonian  1872  December 21, 1872, p. 1 
Transcription: We learn form a gentleman in Oysterville, that Pacific county was considerably shaken up by an earthquake on Tuesday night, December 10. The shock commenced at 10:30, lasting about ten seconds, the vibration being North and South. No damage was done, but the people were somewhat scared.

Olympians experienced another slight earthquake on last Tuesday night. Several clocks were stopped, swinging lamps were put in motion, doors jarred, restless people waked up, timid people kept awake, everybody set to talking, some to trembling, others to laughing and editors to writing.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2015  Leslie M. Scott, Memoranda of the Files of the Oregonian 1850-1910, Oregon Historical Society  1910  Unpublished index to the Oregonian 
Transcription: at The Dalles and Walla Walla B-Dec. 17, 1872, p. 3, 50 w.
 


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