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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 #122 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Information on this event is lacking - even the month is uncertain. It may be a description of the 1872 North Cascades earthquake. Rasmussen references the Washington Standard, but we were not able to find the article. The Oregonian article of Jan. 17, 1874 (a date cited by some authors for this event) reads: "The other day the Yakima county had a lively earthquake. Persons were shaken almost out of their beds, the earth in many places was torn up, and fissures opened. Stock ran wildly about, and the inhabitants in that section of the county were considerably frightened."
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
1874              46.59  120.51        Yakima  WA           
N-Ore - 1530 WWC - 1647 - - N-Ore - 1530 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2358  Washington Public Power Supply System, Preliminary
Safety Analysis Report, Ammendment 23,
WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1, 1300 MW Nuclear Power Plant, Vol. 2A. 
1977  Table 2R E-9 
Transcription: 1874 Jan 17 Yakima, Wash.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
27  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 27 1874 Jan. ? - Yakima 12 felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2417  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: 1874 Jan 17 Yakima, Wash.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1530  The Oregonian  1874  Jan 17, 1874, pg 1, c. 1 
Transcription: The other day the Yakima county had a lively earthquake. Persons were shaken almost out of their beds, the earth in many places was torn up, and fissures opened. Stock ran wildly about, and the inhabitants in that section of the county were considerably frightened.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1647  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington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: 18740117 46595-120513W WG 01
 


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