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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 #248 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
All information for this event stems from Holden's catalog; which just says "Kalama, Washington". Holden cites Plummer as the original source.
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
1892    21  30      46.01  122.84        Kalama  WA           
HOLD2 - 2527 WWC - 1704 - - HOLD2 - 2527 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
720  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Kalama 21h 30m March 1892 -Holden's Cat. pg 170
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2431  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: 1892 Mar Kalama, Wash. Cowlitz Co. TA
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1704  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 189203 0530000 46010-122845W R 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1092  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: 1892 March ? 21h 30m [9:30 p.m.]. Kalama [Cowlitz Co.].-P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
878  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Kalama 9:30p March 1892
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
76  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 75 1892 Mar. ? 05:30 Kalama 4 felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2527  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1892. March ? 21h. 30 m. Kalama, Washington. --P.
 


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