Individual Event Report
| Event #298 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| Later catalog entries are based on Holden (1898): "Cape Blanco Lighthouse, Oregon. 'Tower vibrated considerably for about 30 seconds. I could not say positively that it was caused by an earthquake.' " |
| 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 |
6 |
5 |
10 |
20 |
P |
L |
|
|
|
|
|
Cape Blanco Lighthouse |
OR |
IV |
MM |
|
|
|
| HOLD2 - 1923 |
- |
- |
- |
BB - 1313 |
- |
Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 507 |
Townley, S.D. and M.W. Allen, 1939, Descriptive Catalog of earthquakes of the Pacific Coast of the United States 1769 to 1928, Chapter II, Earthquakes in Oregon--1846-1928, BSSA, V. 29, No. 1, pp. 253-258. |
1939 |
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| Transcription: 1896 June 5. 10:20 p.m. Cape Blanco Lighthouse [Curry Co.]. "Tower vibrated considerably for about thirty seconds. I could not say positively that it was caused by an earthquake.-MSS. kindly communicated by the USLH Board. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 573 |
Smith, W. D., 1919, Earthquakes in Oregon, BSSA, V. 9, n. 3, pp. 58-71 |
1919 |
|
| Transcription: 1896. June 5; 10:20 pm.; Cape Blanco Lighthouse. Tower vibrated considerably for about 30 seconds. I could not say positively that it was caused by an earthquake.-Mss. kindly communicated by the U. S. L. H. Board. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1313 |
Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108 |
1963 |
|
| Transcription: 1896 June 5 06:20:-- June 5 10:20 pm (PST) Cape Blanco Lighthouse IV 10 |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 364 |
Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38 |
1952 |
U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) |
| Transcription: 1896, June 5 Cape Blanco Lighthouse, Curry County. (Probably an earthquake.) |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1923 |
Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087 |
1898 |
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| Transcription: 1896. June 5; 10:20 P.M.; Cape Blanco Lighthouse, Oregon. "Tower vibrated considerably for about 30 seconds. I could not say positively that it was caused by an earthquake." __Mss. kindly communicated by the U. S. L. H. Board. |
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