Cascadia Catalog 1793-1930

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Event #287 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs
Holden (1898) says: "1895. July; Nanaimo, B. C., via Vancouver, B. C., July 9. The earthquake shock at Nanaimo this week caused no little alarm in that city. The alarm, however, soon dissipated, and the shock, which lasted a few seconds only, did no damage except the breakage of some crockery in houses and stores (VII). " "There are persistent reports by dwellers in the neighborhood of Hope, a small town about 100 miles up the Fraser River, to the effect that one of the small mountains in the Smimilkameen is an active volcano. Flames are seen shooting therefrom at night, and several parties have lately attempted, in consequence, to explore the vicinity. ___Newspaper report.". Milne adds: "1895 JULY 2. 7:00 p.m. At Nanaimo some crockery was broken, but the tremor was not felt at Victoria. Col." Newspapers have not been researched.
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
1895	7	2	7	0	P	L						Nanaimo	B.C.	VII	RF
MILNE - 1420							-		-	-		HOLD2 - 1913				-

Underlying Source Material

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
1420	Milne, W.G., 1956, Seismic Activity in Canada, west of the 113th meridian 1841-1951: Canada Dominion Obs. Pub., V. 18, No. 7, pp. 119-146	1957
Transcription: 1895 JULY 2. 7:00 p.m. At Nanaimo some crockery was broken, but the tremor was not felt at Victoria. Col.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
1913	Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087	1898
Transcription: 1895. July; Nanaimo, B. C., via Vancouver, B. C., July 9. The earthquake shock at Nanaimo this week caused no little alarm in that city. The alarm, however, soon dissipated, and the shock, which lasted a few seconds only, did no damage except the breakage of some crockery in houses and stores (VII). There are persistent reports by dwellers in the neighborhood of Hope, a small town about 100 miles up the Fraser River, to the effect that one of the small mountains in the Smimilkameen is an active volcano. Flames are seen shooting therefrom at night, and several parties have lately attempted, in consequence, to explore the vicinity. ___Newspaper report.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
274	Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153	1935
Transcription: 1895 July. Nanaimo, B.C., via Vancouver, B.C., July 9. The earthquake shock at Nanaimo this week caused no little alarm in that city. The alarm was, however, soon dissipated, and the shock, which lasted a few seconds only, did no damage except the breakage of some crockery in houses and stores, VII. There are persistent reports by dwellers in the neighborhood of Hope, a small town about 100 miles up the Fraser River, to the effect that one of the small mountains in the Similkameen is an active volcano. Flames are seen shooting therefrom at night, and several parties have lately attempted, in consequence, to explore the vicinity. Newspaper report.