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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 #146 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Rasmussen cites the Washington Standard for this earthquake. The Washington Standard simply states: "A slight shock of an earthquake was felt in this place on Tuesday night, about 11 o'clock."
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
1878  4  2  11    P  L  47.00  123.00        Puget Sound  WA           
N-WaS - 2584 WWC - 1655 - - RAS - 33 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
33  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 33 1878 Apr. 2 07: Puget Sound & Olympia 12 felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2584  Washington Standard  1878  April 6, 1878. p. 5, c. 1. Saturday weekly; known from U.W. Library, Pacific Northwest Collection card catalog. 
Transcription: A slight shock of an earthquake was felt in this place on Tuesday night, about 11 o'clock.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1655  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 187804 20700000 47000-123000W R 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2420  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: 1878 Apr 1 Puget Sound region, Wash. R
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
6024  Washington Standard  1878  Sat. April 6, 1878 p5 c1 
Transcription: A slight shock of an eathquake was felt in this place on Tuesday night, about 11 o'clock.
 


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