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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 #189 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Volcanic Activity Mt. Tacoma (Rainier) steam plume. Known only from Plummer's article in the Tacoma Ledger - February 28, 1893: "On June 16, 1884, at about 7 p.m., jets of steam were seen shooting upward from the summit of Mount Tacoma to a considerable height. This phenomena was repeated at short intervals until darkness cut off the view. There was no fire, and no earth tremors were reported."
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
1884  16                Mt. Tacoma  WA           
N-WPP - 2477 - - - N-WPP - 2477 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2477  Coombs, H.A., W.G. Milne, O.W. Nuttli, and D.B. Slemmons, "Report of the Review Panel on the December 14, 1872 earthquake",  1976  Appendix D: Selected Supporting Information -- Professor Plummer's Paper on "Recent Volcanic Activity" Read before the Academy of Science - Tacoma Ledger - February 28, 1893 
Transcription: (This is part of an 8 page article - see the WPPSS table for entire text RSL 7/1995)

On June 16, 1884, at about 7 p.m., jets of steam were seen shooting
upward from the summit of Mount Tacoma to a considerable height. This
phenomena was repeated at short intervals until darkness cut off the
view. There was no fire, and no earth tremors were reported.
 


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