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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 #262 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
This event is previously uncataloged. It was listed in the Oregonian Index, and found in the Oregonian: "A slight earthquake shock visited Seattle Sunday night."
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  27                Seattle  WA           
N-Ore - 1573 - - - N-Ore - 1573 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1573  The Oregonian  1893  Aug 29, 1893. p4 c7 
Transcription: 1893, August 27. Seattle.

A slight earthquake shock visited Seattle Sunday night.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2056  Leslie M. Scott, Memoranda of the Files of the Oregonian 1850-1910, Oregon Historical Society  1910  Unpublished index to the Oregonian 
Transcription: at Seattle, slight, Aug. 27, 1893
 


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