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Cascadia Historic Earthquake Catalog, 1793-1929
Covering Washington, Oregon and Southern British Columbia

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Event #233 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Plummer's listing of earthquakes in theTacoma Ledger (February 28, 1893), transcribed in the WPPSS documents, says: " On November 20, 1891, at 3:15 p.m., two very perceptible shocks were felt at Tacoma a few seconds apart."
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
1891  11  20  15              Tacoma  WA           
N-WPP - 2479 - - - N-WPP - 2479 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2479  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: On November 20, 1891, at 3:15 p.m., two very perceptible shocks
were felt at Tacoma a few seconds apart.
 


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