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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 #191 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Tacoma and Olympia. A single light shock was felt in Tacoma and Olympia according to the Washington Standard, and the handwritten record of the Tacoma weather observer. Previous catalogs, and the Monthly Weather Review, listed this as more than one shock.
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  9  21  10  30  P    47.23  122.43        Tacoma  WA  III  MM       
WBR - 2136 WWC - 1674 - - RAS - 52 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
52  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 52 1884 Sept. 22 06: Tacoma III 4 several light shocks were felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1246  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1884. September 21; between 22h. and 23h.; III. Light shocks were felt at New Tacoma, W.T.___U.S.W.R.__22h. 30m., Tacoma.__P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
702  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: New Tacoma between 10 & 11 pm 21 Sept, 1884 II -Am Jr Sc III-XXIX, pg 434 Light shocks felt between 10 & 11 pm.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
231  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1884 September 21; III; light shocks were felt at New Tacoma. U.S.W.R.; 22h 30m, Tacoma; P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1066  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   
Transcription: 1884 September 21. Between 22h and 23h [10 p.m. and 11 p.m.]. III. New Tacoma. Light shocks were felt.-MWR. [September 1884, p. 238.] 22h 30m [10:30 p.m.]. Tacoma. -P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
469  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: 1884. September 21; between 22h. and 23h. Light shocks were felt at New Tacoma, W.T.--U.S.W.R.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2136  U. S. Weather Bureau Climatological Records, for the State of Washington  1819-1892  National Archives Microfilm Copy T907, Roll No. 537, 1819-1892 - Tacoma Washington -
Edward N. Fuller, Observer - handwritten weather forms 
Transcription: September 1884, Tacoma Washington

Sep. 21, Earthquake shock felt at between 10 and 11 PM
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1557  The Oregonian  1884  Sept 25, 1884; pg 5, c. 4 
Transcription: September 21. Olympia (no damage).

A slight shock of earthquake took place on Sunday evening last at half- past 10 o'clock, but damage resulted there from.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2041  Leslie M. Scott, Memoranda of the Files of the Oregonian 1850-1910, Oregon Historical Society  1910  Unpublished index to the Oregonian 
Transcription: at Olympia, Sept. 21, 1884, no damage
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
857  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: New Tacoma 10- 11p September 21, 1884 II NE
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1674  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: 188409220600000 47237-122433W III R 3 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2201  Monthly Weather Review  1884  September, V.12, p. 238 
Transcription: September, 1884, At New Tacoma, Washington Territory, light shocks of earthquake were felt between 10 and 11 p. m. on the 21st.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1210  The American Journal of Science  1885  Third Series, Vol. XXIX, Nos. 169-174, January to June 1885, pp. 426, 434 
Transcription: Rockwood, C. G. "American Earthquakes", THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, VOL. XXIX, Nos. 169-174, Third Series, January to June 1885, pp. 426, 434.

January 3, 1884 - At 20h 40m a light shock occurred at Portland, Oregon; duration about two seconds; vibration southeast to northwest (U. S. Weather Review).

September 21 - Between 22h and 23h light shocks were felt at new Tacoma, Washington Territory (U. S. Weather Review).
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2581  Washington Standard  1884  Sept. 26, 1884. p. 3, c. 1. Friday Weekly; known from U.W. Library, Pacific Northwest Collection card catalog. 
Transcription: A slight shock of an earthquake was felt last Sunday evening about half past ten o'clock.
 


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