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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 #208 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
The single original source was the report by Riley Hoskinson, Bainbridge Island weather observer: " slight earthquake on the 16th at 10:05 p. m. Motion tremulous, Duration about half minute."
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
1886  16  10    47.65  122.52        Bainbridge Island  WA           
MWR - 2202 WWC - 1681 - - MWR - 2202 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1072  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: 1886 April 16. 10:05 p.m. Bainbridge Island [Kitsap Co.].-BSSA, 25, 141.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2202  Monthly Weather Review  1886  April, V. 14, p. 109 
Transcription: April, 1886, Bainbridge Island, Washington Territory: a slight earthquake was felt at 10:05 p,m. on the 16th; it had a tremulous motion and lasted about thirty seconds.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
59  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 59 1886 Apr. 16 06:05 Bainbridge Is. 4 felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2127  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: Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County
From Roll No. 530:

April 1886: Had slight earthquake on the 16th at 10:05 p. m. Motion tremulous, Duration about half minute.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
710  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Bainbridge Island 10:05 pm 16 Apr, 1886 Slight Duration 30 seconds -MWR April 1886
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2423  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: 1886 Apr 15 Bainbridge Isl., Wash. TA
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1681  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: 188604160605000 47650-122525W R 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
238  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1886 April 16, 10:05 p.m.; Bainbridge Island.
 


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