Cascadia Catalog 1793-1930

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Event #295 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs
Holden's catalog (1898) is the basis for all other catlog entries. He cites the S.F. Chronicle: "1896. February 6; East Clallam (Wash.); 9h. 55m. p. m. Quite a well-defined shock. The direction of the temblor was from west to east. It lasted about a minute. Every house in the town, large and small, was shaken to its very foundations, but as far as can be learned no damage was done. The Indians on Neah Bay reservation all felt the shock. The same shock was also experienced on Tatoosh Island about the same time time. The captain of the bark Edinburghshire, lying at anchor in the bay, says the shock was felt by every person aboard his vessel. Some of the sailors became so scared that they wanted to take the ship's boats." No other newspapers have 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
1896	2	6	9	55	P	L	48.30	124.30				East Clallam	WA	VI	MM
HOLD2 - 1920							USEQS - 933		-	-		USEQS - 933				-

Underlying Source Material

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
992	U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96	1973
Transcription: 1896. February 6. East Clallam, Wash. Shook every house but caused no damage. Felt at Neah Bay Reservation, Tatoosh Island, and on a vessel in Neah Bay.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
890	Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park
Transcription: Clallam 9:55p February 6, 1896 W-E; Duration 1 minute.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
1106	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: 1896 February 6. 9:55 p.m. East Clallam. Quite a well-defined shock. The direction of the temblor was from west to east. It lasted about a minute. Every house in the town, large and small, was shaken to its very foundations, but as far as can be learned no damage was done. The Indians on Neah Bay reservation all felt the shock. The same shock was also experienced on Tatoosh Island about the same time. The captain of the bark "Edinburghshire," lying at anchor in the bay, says the shock was felt by every person aboard his vessel. Some of the sailors became so scared that they wanted to take to the ship's boats.-S. F. Chronicle.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
728	Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park
Transcription: East Clallam 9h 55m pm 6 Feb, 1896 direction W-E duration 1 minute -Holden's Cat. pg 248

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
6040	Port Angeles Evening News	1968	Monday, Feb. 19, 1968
Transcription: (This article is regarding a 1920 EQ) West End earth cuts still area mystery There is still the old story about the cowboy who, many years ago, came unexpectedly to the rim of the Grand Canyon, took one look and exclaimed: "Boy something must have happened here!" There's a little of that same feeling when you walk 50 or so feet into the woods from the Eagle Point road west of Sekiu and come upon a sudden, sharp gash in the earth running several hundred yards north to the Strait. It's no grand canyon, but neither is it just a happenstance of soil erosion or a gully cut by run-off. Something surely happened there. John Cowan, current head of a pioneer family in the area, and his mother, Mrs. Helma Cowan, claim it's the result of an earthquake which struck the area about 1920 to1922. Mrs. Cowan, who came to the area as a child 75 years ago, says the quake to which the gash is attributed occurred a year or so after her family took up residence in 1919 on the farm she and her son now operate on the Lake Ozette road. A CHECK ON SEISMOLOGY records at the University of Washington reveals no record of a quake in those years. Norm Rasmussen, seismologist at the university, says a check list shows only two quakes in the general area of the Eagle Point gash. One on Feb. 6, 1896, had an intensity of 6, a strong shock, and was pinpointed somewhere just west of Cape Flattery. Another on Jan. 6., 1932, a very weak shock, occurred near Pysht. The Eagle Point crevice cut abruptly in to the forest floor, gives no warning of its presence until you stand on it very rim, It measures approximately 15-20 feet in width and plunges straight down between its split rock walls 35, 40 or more feet. IT'S UPPER EXTREMITY ends at the Eagle Point road. Presumably an extension of the gash was filled in for road construction. Its lower end stops in shore of the railroad line along the Strait but presumably extended into the waters of the Strait before construction of the railroad. Cowan says there is a legend that the crevice plunges deep under the waters of the Strait at the point and the soundings have indicated a bottomless crevasse. A FEW SHORT CLEAVAGES in the earth's surface roughly parallel sections of the main gash, indicating the convulsive nature of whatever caused the phenomena. Chunks of rock have fallen from the walls of the gash into its depths, fallen trees and the detritus of the forest are adding to the fill but the crevice still testifies to the fact that "something happened here."

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
933	U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96	1973
Transcription: Feb. 6 21:55 East Clallam, Wash 48.3 124.3 (2) VI 3-25

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
1920	Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087	1898
Transcription: 1896. February 6; East Clallam (Wash.); 9h. 55m. p. m. Quite a well-defined shock. The direction of the temblor was from west to east. It lasted about a minute. Every house in the town, large and small, was shaken to its very foundations, but as far as can be learned no damage was done. The Indians on Neah Bay reservation all felt the shock. The same shock was also experienced on Tatoosh Island about the same time time. The captain of the bark Edinburghshire, lying at anchor in the bay, says the shock was felt by every person aboard his vessel. Some of the sailors became so scared that they wanted to take the ship's boats.__S. F. Chronicle.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
1720	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: 189602 70555000 48300-124300 VI NO 6 01

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
280	Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153	1935
Transcription: 1896 February 6, 9h 55m p.m.; East Clallam; quite a well-defined shock. The direction of the temblor was from west to east. It lasted about a minute. Every house in the town, large and small, was shaken to its very foundations, but as far as can be learned no damage was done.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
86	Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476	1967
Transcription: 86 1896 Feb. 7 05:55 48.3 N, 124.3 W VI 1

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
7114	Washington State Weather Service Monthly Meteorological Report and Summary of the Washington State Weather Service (AKA - Monthly Review of the Washington State Weather Service) (Seattle, Washington)	1891-1896
Transcription: September 16, 1891 “… a light earthquake shock occurred at Portland on the 16th and at East Sound on the 21st.” Seattle Weather Report September 1891 (Anacortes American Nov 5, 1891 p 4 col. 5) September 21, 1891 “… a light earthquake shock occurred at Portland on the 16th and at East Sound on the 21st.” Seattle Weather Report September 1891 (Anacortes American Nov 5, 1891 p 4 col. 5) October 2, 1891 “The earth quaked slightly at Chelan on the 2d, moving from the southeast to northwest.” State Weather Bureau [September (sic October) 1891 Monthly Report] (Anacortes American Dec 10, 1891 p 4 col. 5) Dec 9, 1894 “Slight earthquake shock on 9th at Lakeside.” (Volume 4 # 6 December 1894 p. 1) Feb 14, 1895 “Silver Creek, Lewis Co.: Slight earthquake shock on the 14th.” (Volume 4 #8 February 1895 p. 1) Feb 25, 1895 “An earthquake shock was quite generally noticed in Western and Central Washington on the morning of the 25th about 4:30 o’clock.” “Ashford, Pierce co: Quite a severe earthquake occurred here on the twenty fifth at 4:27 A.M.” “Centerville, Klickitat Co: Feb. 25th, at half past four A.M., two earthquake shocks were felt very distinctly, one following immediately after the other. The first was stronger than the second.” (Volume 4 #8 February 1895 p. 1) July 13, 1895 “At Grand Mound on the 13th a brilliant meteor was noticed in the east moving at an elevation of about 14 degrees.” (Volume 5 #1 July 1895 p. 1) Jan 3, 1896 “An earthquake was noticed on the 3d at New Whatcom, Coupeville, East Sound, and other places in the northwestern portion of the state. Mr. Jas. Theo. Geoghegan, observer at East Sound, writes: "An earthquake shock was felt at this place on the evening of the 3d of January, 1896, at 9 minutes past 10 o’clock, lasting for about 20 seconds. It was not accompanied by any noise. The shock was preceded by a slight trembling lasting a few seconds, and about 5 seconds after this a sharp shock was felt lasting 10 or more seconds. The intensity would come in class 3, but in one case, at least, plaster was cracked and thrown down.” “Mr. Lewis Mayhew, observer at New Whatcom, writes: “On the 3d at 10 P.M. two distinct shocks of earthquake were felt; vibration from east to west, lasting 6 seconds; no damage done.” (volume 5 #7 January 1896 p 1) Feb 5, 1896 “Lapush: Earthquake shock night of 5th.” (volume 5 #8 February 1896 p 1)