Individual Event Report
| Event #165 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| Bainbridge Island, reported felt only by weather observer, repeated in many catalogs, which usually give the time as 11:16, although the original source (difficult to read) appears to read 10:16 PM. Some catalogs estimate intensity, but the origin of the information used to make intensity estimates is unclear. |
| 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 |
| 1880 |
12 |
20 |
11 |
16 |
P |
L |
47.65 |
122.52 |
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Bainbridge Island |
WA |
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| HOLD2 - 1242 |
WWC - 1662 |
- |
- |
WBR - 2118 |
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Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 221 |
Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153 |
1935 |
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| Transcription: 1880 December 20, 11:16 p.m.; Bainbridge Island. U.S.W.R. (Puget Sound, IV);P. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1205 |
The American Journal of Science |
1881 |
Vol. XXI, Nos. 121-126, January to June 1881, page 202 |
Transcription: Rockwood, C. G. "Notices of Recent American Earthquakes", THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, VOL. XXI, Nos. 121-126, January to June 1881, p. 202.
December 7, 1880 - At 5:45 P. M. a slight shock from the S. W. at Olympia, W. T., lasting a few seconds; felt also at Bainbridge Island, where the direction was N. to S.
December 10 - A shock at 5 A. M. at Bainbridge Island, W. T., motion perpendicular (U. S. Weather Review).
December 12 - About 8:40 P. M. a severe shock occurred in the vicinity of Puget Sound, W. T. It was felt from Victoria on the north to Portland on the south. At Olympia four shocks were reported, lasting ten or fifteen seconds. At Seattle the direction was S.E. to N.W.; at Bainbridge Island it was N. to S.
December 14, 20 - Slight shocks were felt at Bainbridge Island, W. T., at 7 P. M. of the 14th, and 11:16 P. M. of the 20th (U. S. Weather Review). |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 846 |
Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Bainbridge 11:16p December 20, 1880 III |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1662 |
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: 188012210716000 47650-122525W IV R 4 01 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1058 |
Townley, S. D. and M. W. Allen, 1939, Descriptive Catalog of Earthquakes of the Pacific Coast of the United States 1769-1928, Chap. III Earthquakes in Washington, 1883-1928, BSSA, V. 29, No. 1, pp. 259-268 |
1939 |
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| Transcription: 1880 December 20. 11:16 p.m. Bainbridge Island [Kitsap Co.]. MWR [December 1880, p. 16-17]. Puget Sound, IV.-P. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 458 |
Holden, Edward S., 1887, List of Recorded Earthquakes in California, Lower California, Oregon, and Washington Territory |
1887 |
Printed by Direction of the Regents of the University of California, Sacremento, California, |
| Transcription: 1880. December 20; 11:16 p.m. Bainbridge Island, W.T.--U.S.W.R. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 693 |
Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Bainbridge Island 11:25 pm 19 Dec, 1880 III -Am Jr Sc III-XXI pg 202 -Holden's Cat. pg 104 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 692 |
Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Bainbridge 11:16 pm 20 Dec, 1880 III -Am Jr Sc III-XXI pg 202 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 40 |
Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476 |
1967 |
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| Transcription: 40 1880 Dec. 21 07:16 Bainbridge Is. IV 4 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1242 |
Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087 |
1898 |
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| Transcription: 1880. December 20; 11:16 P.M. Bainbridge Island, W.T.___U.S.W.R. Puget Sound (IV).__P. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2118 |
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
"December, 1880: Earthquakes as follows:
7th at 5:45 p. m. -- Direction north to south, motion wavy.
10th at 5 a. m. -- motion perpendicular.
12th at 8:40 p. m. -- north to south, wavy.
14th at 7 p.m. -- tremulous.
20th at 10:16 p. m. -- wavy.
29th at 11:25 p. m. --also wavy.
All of the above very distinct, but not severe. Rather pleasant, than otherwise, Riley M. Hoskinson, observer." |
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