Individual Event Report
| Event #113 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| This earthquake appears in all the catalogs, and the account of it originates with Plummer, who says (Tacoma Ledger - February 28, 1893 - article included in WPPSS documents): "On the 9th of January 1873, several sharp shocks were felt at Tacoma, and with less force at Seattle. No damage was done." |
| 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 |
| 1873 |
1 |
9 |
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Tacoma |
WA |
III |
RF |
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| N-WPP - 2473 |
- |
- |
- |
HOLD2 - 1231 |
- |
Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 684 |
Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Tacoma 9 Jan, 1873 II -Holden's Cat. pg 95 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 23 |
Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476 |
1967 |
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| Transcription: 23 1873 Jan. 9 - Tacoma II 4 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 838 |
Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Tacoma January 9, 1873 II |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1231 |
Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087 |
1898 |
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| Transcription: 1873. January 9; II. Tacoma.__P. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2473 |
Coombs, H.A., W.G. Milne, O.W. Nuttli, and D.B. Slemmons, "Report of the Review Panel on the December 14, 1872 earthquake", |
1976 |
Appendix D: Selected Supporting Information -- Professor Plummer's Paper on "Recent Volcanic Activity" Read before the Academy of Science - Tacoma Ledger - February 28, 1893 |
Transcription: (This is part of an 8 page article - see the WPPSS table for entire text RSL 7/1995)
On the 9th of January 1873, several sharp shocks were felt
at Tacoma, and with less force at Seattle. No damage was done.
On November 20th of the same year shocks were felt at Tacoma,
and the following December three shocks were felt at Olympia. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1047 |
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 |
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| Transcription: 1873 January 9. II. Tacomma,-P. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 210 |
Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153 |
1935 |
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| Transcription: 1873 January 9; II; Tacoma. P. |
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