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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 #433 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Known only from the Vancouver Progress article transcribed in the WPPSS documents: "Nelson April 4 - W.R. Jarvis, warden of the Provincial Jail believes that an earthquake tremor was felt in Nelson last week. There were two occasions on which the cell doors and all the movable iron work rattled without any apparent cause. ...The guards and prisoners both noticed and commented on the incidents at the time."
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
1910                      Nelson  B.C.           
N-WPP - 2503 - - - N-WPP - 2503 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2503  Washington Public Power Supply System, Preliminary
Safety Analysis Report, Ammendment 23,
WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1, 1300 MW Nuclear Power Plant, Vol. 2A. 
1977  Tables 2R-E18 and 2R-E14D. Vancouver Province, Victoria, B.C., April 4, 1910 
Transcription: March 1910
Vancouver Province, Victoria, B.C., April 4, 1910

"QUAKE FELT AT NELSON

"Doors at Provincial Jail Were Shaken last Week.

"Nelson April 4 - W.R. Jarvis, warden of the Provincial Jail
believes that an earthquake tremor was felt in Nelson last week. There
were two occasions on which the cell doors and all the movable iron work
rattled without any apparent cause.

"No train was passing on the track below at the time, and that is
the only circumstance that has ever previously caused a rattle of the
bars in the jail. The guards and prisoners both noticed and commented
on the incidents at the time."
 


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