Individual Event Report
| Event #261 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| This earthquake is known from Holden's catalog, he cites Plummer - no newspaper accounts have been found. Original account says "... Mr. Fred Plummer reports: "Earthquake at 5:07 a.m., N. 40 degrees W.__11 miles from summit of Mount St. Helens. One sharp shock vertical. Intensity IV. Distinct rumbling preceding for four seconds, near at hand toward the mountain." At Green River mines, Washington, IV, lateral, rumblings.__P. " |
| 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 |
| 1893 |
8 |
14 |
5 |
7 |
A |
L |
46.29 |
122.36 |
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11 miles from summit of Mount St Helens |
WA |
IV |
RF |
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| HOLD2 - 1280 |
WWC - 1712 |
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- |
HOLD2 - 1280 |
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Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 881 |
Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Toutle River 5:07a August 14, 1893 IV |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1712 |
Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished |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Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 189308141307000 46292-122367W IV R 4 01 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1280 |
Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087 |
1898 |
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| Transcription: 1893. August 14; Toutle River, Washington. Mr. Fred Plummer reports: "Earthquake at 5:07 a.m., N. 40 degrees W.__11 miles from summit of Mount St. Helens. One sharp shock vertical. Intensity IV. Distinct rumbling preceding for four seconds, near at hand toward the mountain." At Green River mines, Washington, IV, lateral, rumblings.__P. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 79 |
Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476 |
1967 |
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| Transcription: 79 1893 Aug. 14 13:07 See Remarks IV 4 11 miles N.W. of Mt. St. Helens |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1096 |
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 |
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| Transcription: 1893 August 14. 5:07 a.m. IV. Toutle River [Cowlitz Co.]. Mr. Fred G. Plummer reports: "Earthquake at 5:07 a.m., N. 40 degrees W., eleven miles from summit of Mount St. Helens. One sharp shock vertical. Intensity IV. Distinct rumbling preceding for four seconds, near at hand toward the mountain." At Green River Mines, IV, lateral, rumblings.-P. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 261 |
Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153 |
1935 |
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| Transcription: 1893 August 14; Toutle River. Mr. Fred G. Plummer reports : "Earthquake at 5:O7 a.m., N 40 degrees W, eleven miles from summit of Mount St. Helens. One sharp shock vertical. Intensity IV. Distinct rumbling preceding for four seconds, near at hand toward the mountain." At Green River Mines, IV, lateral, rumblings. P. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 722 |
Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Toutle River 40 degrees N; 11 miles from Western summit of St. Helens 5:07 am 14 Aug, 1893 IV duration 4 seconds -Holden's Cat. pg 223 At Green River mines (IV) |
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