Cascadia Catalog 1793-1930

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Event #123 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs
This is probably an account of aftershocks of the 1872 North Cascaces earthquake. From an 1892 newspaper: "oldtimers ... relate .. .a like experience ... in 1874, which although more severe in the region north of here, where almost the entire face of the country was changed, was nevertheless sufficiently noticeable in Yakima county, where, on one palmy night in July, 64 separate and distinct shocks were alarmingly perceptible."
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	7											Yakima
N-WA - 2102							-		-	-		N-WA - 2102				-

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
2102	Spokesman Review	1892	March 6, 1892, p.1, col. 1
Transcription: EARTHQUAKE AT YAKIMA Particularly Severe at Fort Simcoe on the Indian Reservation North Yakima, March 5. -- [Special.] -- The earthquake shocks so generally felt on the coast were also distinct at this place, the vibrations being from east to west. The shocks were three in number, the first one light and the two succeeding ones quite heavy. Reports from surrounding points also indicate the disturbance as general throughout the country. At Fort Simcoe, on the Yakima Indian reservation, they were particularly severe, rocking the houses, shaking down plaster from the walls, and even, it is said, shaking several of the juvenile hiwashes (?) from their beds in the dormitory of the Indian school. Story telling is now in order by many old-timers, who relate that a like experience was theirs in 1874, which although more severe in the region north of here, where almost the entire face of the country was changed, was nevertheless sufficiently noticeable in Yakima county, where, on one balmy night in July, 64 separate and distinct shocks were alarmingly perceptible.