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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 #398 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Known from Woodward-Clyde and WPPSS catalogs. Mention also found in a Bellingham newspaper: "According to a telegram from Spokane last Monday, the region near Chelan was afflicted by an earthquake last Sunday. No damage was caused. Machinery, stoves, and dishes were shaken, and houses rocked."
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
1907  18  12  20    47.84  120.02        Chelan  WA  MM       
WWC - 1764 WWC - 1764 - - WPPSS - 2374 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1764  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 190702181220 47842-120023W V WG 5 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2592  Nya Varlden  1907  Feb. 22, 1907. Friday Weekly p. 1; known from U.W. Library, Pacific Northwest Collection card catalog. 
Transcription: [original in Swedish, kindly translated by Dr. Terje Lieren, UW Chair of Scandinavian Languages and Literature. RSL]

Spokane. According to a telegram from Spokane last Monday, the region near Chelan was afflicted by an earthquake last Sunday. No damage was caused. Machinery, stoves, and dishes were shaken, and houses rocked.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2506  Washington Public Power Supply System, Preliminary
Safety Analysis Report, Ammendment 23,
WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1, 1300 MW Nuclear Power Plant, Vol. 2A. 
1977  Table 2R-E1 
Transcription: 41 1907 Feb 17 20:20 Chelan v
WGR
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2374  Washington Public Power Supply System, Preliminary
Safety Analysis Report, Ammendment 23,
WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1, 1300 MW Nuclear Power Plant, Vol. 2A. 
1977  Table 2R E-9 
Transcription: 41 1907 Feb 17 Chelan, Wash. v
 


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