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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 #291 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Other (non-earthquake) From Holden. A forest fire in the Olympic Mountains was mistaken for a volcanic eruption.
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  10  20                    Olympic Mountains  WA           
HOLD2 - 1915 - - - HOLD2 - 1915 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1915  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1895. October 20; Olympic Mountains, Washington. [This range was reported in active eruption about this time, but upon investigation it was found that the flames seen were those of forest fires and from a burning vein of lignite coal.]
 


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