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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 #447 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Three slight shocks in Seattle only. The original sources are the BSSA, and the Seattle PI of 11/25 (not yet checked). No 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
1912  11  24  7  20  P  P  47.59  122.33        Seattle  WA           
TAWA - 1130 WWC - 1779 - - TAWA - 1130 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2165  Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America  1912  V. 2, p. 249 
Transcription: Shock at Seattle, Washington. - Two slight shocks are said to have been felt in the city of Seattle, Washington, on Noverber 24, 1912, at 7:20 and at 8:30 p.m. We have not been able to get reports in regard to them from the station at the University of Washington.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
116  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 116 1912 Nov. 25 See Remarks Seattle 4 three slight shocks; 03:20, 04:30, 05:05
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2451  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: 1912 Nov 24 Seattle, Wash. Three slight TA

shocks,
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1130  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: 1912 November 24. 7:20 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 9:05 p.m. Seattle. Slight; doors and dishes rattled. -Seattle Post Intelligencer, November 25, 1912; BSSA, 2, 249.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
754  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Seattle 7:20, 8:30, 9:05 pm 24 Nov, 1912 II; III; III-IV direction N-S duration 7:6:20 seconds -SB III pg 165 Three distinct shocks of brief duration but of sufficient force to be distinctly felt here. The heaviest shock (IV) occurred at 9:05 pm. The movement seemed to be vertical. The shock was purely local and was not felt in other towns near Seattle.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
296  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1912 November 24, 7:20, 8:30, and 9:05 a.m.; Seattle; local; three shocks.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1779  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: 191211250320000 47597-122330W R 01
 


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