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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 #151 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
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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
1879  11  26  11                Bainbridge Island  WA           
WBR - 2117 - - - WBR - 2117 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2117  U. S. Weather Bureau Climatological Records, for the State of Washington  1819-1892  National Archives Microfilm Copy T907, Roll Nos. 530-537, 1819-1892 - Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County - Riley Hoskinson-handwritten weather forms. Researched by Gerald Elfendahl, curator, Bainbridge Island Hist. Soc. 
Transcription: From Roll No. 530:
Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County - Riley Hoskinson

"November, 1879: on the 26th at ten minutes past ten p. m. I was awakened by a violent shaking of all the house and all its furniture, and for fear it was only nervousness of myself, I awoke my wife and the shaking continued for some seconds after she was awakened when all became quiet again. Just as the clock struck 11 p. m., I was roused by a repetition of the severe phenomena. There was no sound of any kind that either of us heard. Whether it was an earthquake or not I can not say. The above forseen is all I know about it. Respectfully, Riley M. Hoskinson."
 


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