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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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Individual Event Report
Event #114 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Rasmussen cites the Washington Standard as the source for this event, and the article has been located.
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  16  30            Olympia  WA           
N-WA - 6012 - - - RAS - 24 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
24  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 24 1873 Jan. 16 22:30 Olympia 12 felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2415  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: 1873 Jan 16 Olympia, Wash R
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
6012  Washington Standard  1873  Jan. 18,1873 p2 c4 (Sat. Weekly) 
Transcription: A very distinct shock of an earthquake occurred in this place Thursday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock.
 


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