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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 #427 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
A puzzling account - From Townley and Allen: "1909 August 17. Dayton, Columbia Co. What is believed to have been an earthquake caused by volcanic disturbance in the Blue Mountains occurred here yesterday. One bullding, a machine shop, collapsed. Loss about 3500.-S. F. Chronicle, August 19. 1909. May not have been an earthquake. There are no volcanoes in the Blue Mountains." Newspaper accounts 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
1909  17                    Dayton  WA           
TAWA - 1126 - - - TAWA - 1126 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
749  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Dayton 17 Aug, 1909 (EQ ?) intensity -SB III pg 3
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2449  Washington Public Power Supply System, "WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 2, Final Safety Analysis Report, Volume 1, Amendment 18"
September 1981 
1981  Table 2.5-6 
Transcription: 1909 Aug 17 Dayton, Wash. Earthquake TA
1910 Feb 7 Portland Ore. R
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1126  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: 1909 August 17. Dayton, Columbia Co. What is believed to have been an earthquake caused by volcanic disturbance in the Blue Mountains occurred here yesterday. One bullding, a machine shop, collapsed. Loss about 3500.-S. F. Chronicle, August 19. 1909. May not have been an earthquake. There are no volcanoes in the Blue Mountains.
 


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