Individual Event Report
| Event #452 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
Newspaper accounts agree with the BSSA description:
"A slight earthquake on Mt. Rainier, Washington. - About 8:15 o'clock on the morning of July 29, 1913, two earthquake shocks shook Mount Rainier and were felt over an area of more than a hundred square miles. The shocks appeared to be the strongest at Lewis in Lewis County, and were noted at Elbe and Etonville, in Pierce County.
The disturbance is said to have lasted about half a minute. Ethan Allen, superintendent of the National Park, Washington, says the shocks came close together and were so violent that there could be no doubt about their being of a seismic nature. From reports received the shock had an intensity of between V and VI of the Rossi-Forel scale."
Some catalogers report that this earthquake was recorded on the seismometer at Seattle. but several newspapers say that it was not. |
| 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 |
| 1913 |
7 |
29 |
16 |
15 |
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G |
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Mt. Rainier |
WA |
V |
MM |
1500.00 |
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mi2 |
| RAS - 117 |
- |
- |
- |
RAS - 117 |
RAS - 117 |
Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 7063 |
Consultant's Report, Greg Lange, 2004 |
2004 |
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Transcription: September 26, 1864 EVENTS
September 26, 1864 12:45 to 1:00 AM numerous sources
September 26, 1964 (Victoria) “between 5 and 6” AM (British Colonist September 27, 1964 p 3 col. 1)
October 29, 1864 (Victoria) about 6:55 AM (British Colonist October 31, 1864 p 3 col. 1 and November 3, 1864 p 3 col. 1 and November 7, 1864 p 3 col. 2)
Newspapers examined -
Puget Sound Herald (Steilacoom) - September 9, 1864 to October 24, 1864 (Issued every two weeks - complete) Note: No local news in November 7, 1864 issue
Pacific Tribune (Olympia) - September 10, 1864 to November 19, 1864 (Weekly - Missing October 29 else complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) - September 10, 1864 to November 12, 1864 (Weekly - complete)
Statesman (Walla Walla) - September 23, 1864 to October 28, 1864 (Weekly - over half of text too light to read else complete)
Oregonian (Portland) - September 26, 1864 to October 10, 1864 (6 days a week - Oct. 1, 1864 missing else complete)
The Daily British Colonist (Victoria) - September 1, 1864 to November 11, 1864 (6 days a week - Missing November 10 else complete)
The British Columbian (New Westminster) - September 3, 1864 to November 23, 1864 (2 times per week - complete)
Statesman (Walla Walla) September 23 to October 28, 1864 (Weekly - most of text too light to read else complete)
*
Seattle Gazette - September, October, November 1864 issues are too dark to read on microfilm reel
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June 20-27, 1869 EVENTS
June 20, 1869 (Olympia) “about” 4 PM (Olympia Transcript June 26, 1869 p 3 col. 1) Other sources state in afternoon or during day.
June 21, 1869 [sic June 22] (Olympia) “a few minutes before” 5 AM (Olympia Transcript June 26, 1869 p 3 col. 1)
June 22, 1869 (Olympia) 4:30 to 5:00 AM. (Weekly Pacific Tribune June 26, 1869 p 3 col. 2) (Territorial Republican June 28, 1869 p 3 col. 1) (Morning Oregonian June 23, 1869 p 2 col 3) (Olympia Transcript June 26, 1869 p 3 col. 1)
June 23, 1869 [sic June 22] (Olympia) “about 5” AM. (Washington Standard June 26, 1869 p 2 col. 1)
June 27, 1869 8:00 to 8:05 PM numerous sources.
June 28, 1869 (Olympia) midnight (Oregonian June 29, 1869 p 2 col. 4)
Newspapers examined -
Daily British Colonist (Victoria) June 19, 1869 to July 6, 1869 (6 days a week - complete)
Daily British Columbian (Victoria) June 19, 1869 to July 3, 1869 (6 days a week - complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) June 12, 1869 to July 31, 1869 (Weekly - complete)
Weekly Intelligencer (Seattle) June 21, 1869 to August 2, 1869 (Weekly - complete)
Morning Oregonian (Portland) June 21, 1869 to June 24, 1869 and June 28, 1869 to June 30, 1869 (6 days a week - complete)
Weekly Pacific Tribune (Olympia) June 26, 1869 to August 7, 1869 (Weekly - complete)
Port Townsend Weekly Message July 7, 1869 (Weekly - only issue, June issue missing)
Olympia Transcript June 26, 1869 and July 3, 1869 (Weekly)
Western Star (Steilacoom) July 17, 31, 1869 (only two issues)
Territorial Republican (Olympia) June 21, 1869 to July 12, 1869 (Weekly - complete)
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December 7-19, 1880 EVENTS
December 7, 1880 5:55 to about 6:00 PM numerous sources
December 7 to 13, 1880 (Olympia) “six shakes within a week, three of which occured [sic] in the space of five hours last night” (Morning Oregonian December 15, 1880 p 1 col. 5)
December 12, 1880 (Portland) about 8:00 PM “a few minutes before 8 o’clock several lively vibrations were felt … and about an hour later quite a heavy shock was felt…” (Democratic Press December 16, 1880 p 2 col. 2)
December 12, 1880 8:00 PM, 8:30 to 8:47 PM, 9:00 PM numerous sources
December 13, 1880 (Olympia) evening “three [shakes] … occured [sic] in the space of five hours last night” (Morning Oregonian December 15, 1880 p 1 col. 5)
December 13, 1880 (New Tacoma) Evening (Weekly Ledger December 17, 1880)
December 19, 1880 (Vancouver, W.T.) Evening (Vancouver Independent December 23, 1880 p. 5 col. 2)
Newspapers examined -
Puget Sound Weekly Courier (Olympia) November 26, 1880 to January 7, 1881 (weekly - complete)
Democratic Press (Port Townsend) November 25, 1880 to December 30, 1880 (weekly - complete) Note: January 6, 1881 issue of Democratic Press missing
Puget Sound Argus (Port Townsend) November 26, 1880 to January 7, 1881 (weekly - complete)
Weekly Tacoma Ledger November 25, 1880 to February 18, 1881 (weekly - February 11, 1881 missing else complete)
Vancouver Independent (W.T.) December 2, 1880 to December 30, 1880 (weekly - complete)
Yakima Record December 4, 1880 to January 8, 1881 (weekly - January 1, 1881 missing else complete)
Oregonian (Portland) December 7, 1880 to January 4, 1881 (6 times per week - complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) December 4 [sic 3], 1880 to January 28, 1881 (weekly - complete)
Seattle Weekly Post December 3, 1880 to January 28, 1881 (weekly - missing December 10, 24, 1880 and January 7, 1881 else complete)
Walla Walla Union December 11, 1880 to January 1, 1881 (weekly - complete)
New Northwest (Portland) December 9, 1880 to December 23, 1880 (weekly - complete)
*
Statesman (Walla Walla) UW reel missing
Willamette Farmer December 1880 (issues missing/not published)
Olympia Transcript (issues missing/not published)
Seattle Daily Intelligencer (December 4, 1880 to June 8, 1881 issues missing/not published)
Weekly Intelligencer (Seattle) (issues missing/not published)
Puget Sound Dispatch (Seattle) (issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Herald (issues missing/not published)
Fair Words (Olympia) (issues missing/not published)
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April 30, 1882 EVENT and week following
April 30, 1882 10:40 PM to 11:05 PM numerous accounts
May 1-6, 1882 (Olympia) “Two or three slight shocks have also been felt during the week.” ( (Olympia Transcript May 6, 1882 p. 3 col. 1)
May 10, 1882 “Portland had three distinct shocks of an earthquake last Wednesday.” (Seattle Daily Chronicle May 15, 1882 p. 3 col. 2) NOTE: Check Portland papers to verify
Newspapers examined -
Olympia Transcript - April 22, 1882 to June 3, 1882 (Weekly - complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) - April 21, 1882 to June 2, 1882 (Weekly - complete)
Seattle Daily Chronicle - April 21, 1882 to May 22, 1882 (6 days a week - complete)
Weekly Ledger (Tacoma) - April 21, 1882; April 28, 1882; June 2, 1882 (Wkly - only available issues)
Puget Sound Weekly Courier (Olympia) - April 21, 1882 to June 2, 1882 (Weekly - complete)
Seattle Post Intelligencer - April 20, 1882 to May 20, 1882 (6 times per week - complete)
*
Seattle Daily Herald (issues missing/not published)
Weekly Herald (Tacoma) (issues missing/not published)
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March 7, 1891 EVENT
March 7, 1891 7:35 to 7:54 PM numerous sources
Newspapers examined -
Seattle Telegraph February 26, 1891 to April 9, 1891 (weekly - complete)
Tacoma Weekly News March 6, 1891 to March 20, 1891 (weekly - March 6, 1891 missing)
Tacoma Daily News March 9, 1891 to March 19, 1891 (6 times per week - complete)
Tacoma Morning Globe March 8, 1891 to March 13, 1891 (daily? - complete)
Tacoma Daily Ledger March 8, 1891 to March 11, 1891 (daily - complete)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer March 8, 1891 to March 17, 1891 (daily - complete)
Ellensburgh Capital March 5, 1891 to April 2, 1891 (weekly - complete)
Ellensburgh Localizer March 7, 1891 to March 28, 1891 (weekly - complete)
Snohomish Daily Sun March 2, 1891 to March 18, 1891 (6 times per week - complete)
*
Steilacoom News UW microfilm reel missing
Buckley Banner (issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Evening Call (issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Herald (issues missing/not published)
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November 24 to 29, 1891 EVENTS
November 24, 1891 (North Bend, Snoqualmie Pass) night (Seattle Telegraph November 28, 1891 p 3 col. 1)
November 29, 1891 (Seattle) “about 9” AM (Seattle Post Intelligencer November 30, 1891 p 8) NOTE: Only one witness
November 29, 1891 3:13 to 3:20, 3:35 PM numerous sources
Newspapers examined -
Sunday Herald (Tacoma) November 22, 1891 to December 6, 1891 (weekly - complete)
Tacoma Daily Ledger November 20, 1891 to November 30, 1891 (daily - complete) Note December 1891 issues missing/not published
Tacoma Daily News November 20, 1891 to December 3, 1891 (6 times per week & Thanksgiving on November 26, 1891 not published - complete)
Tacoma Morning Globe November 20, 1891 to December 4, 1891 (daily - complete)
Tacoma Evening Call November 20, 1891 to December 2, 1891 (6 times per week & Thanksgiving on November 26, 1891 not published - complete)
Seattle Telegraph November 20, 1891 to December 9, 1891 (6 times per week - complete Note: portions of December 5 too dark to read)
Ellensburg Capital November 19, 1891 to December 10, 1891 (weekly - complete)
Everett News December 11, 1891 to December 25, 1891 (weekly - complete) Note December 4, 1891 missing
Anacortes American November 19, 1891 to December 17, 1891 (weekly - complete)
Anacortes American December 5, 7, 11, 1891 (daily - only issues)
Seattle Press Times November 21, 1891 to December 12, 1891 (6 times per week - complete)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer December 20, 1891 to December 8, 1891 (daily - complete)
Anacortes Progress December 11, 1891 (weekly - only issue) Note December 4 & 18, 1891 missing/not published
*
Snohomish Daily Sun (issues missing/not published)
Snohomish Weekly Sun (issues missing/not published)
Port Townsend Leader (issues missing/not published)
Island County Times (issues missing/not published)
Ellensburg Localizer All issues missing/not published during November and December 1891)
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February 25, 1895 EVENTS
February 14, 1895 (no time) (Silver Creek, Lewis County) (see below)
February 25, 1895 4:30 to 4:50 AM numerous sources
February 25, 1895 (Fulton, east Lewis County) 4:45 AM (initial shock at 4:30 AM “followed by a slight shock fifteen minutes later” (Chehalis Bee March 1, 1895 p 2 col. 3)
ADDITIONAL ENTRIES
Feb 14, 1895 “Silver Creek, Lewis Co.: Slight earthquake shock on the 14th.” (Washington State Weather Service. Monthly Meteorological Report and Summary of the Washington State Weather Service Volume 4 #8 February 1895 p. 1)
Feb 25, 1895 “An earthquake shock was quite generally noticed in Western and Central Washington on the morning of the 25th about 4:30 o’clock.” “Ashford, Pierce co: Quite a severe earthquake occurred here on the twenty fifth at 4:27 A.M.” “Centerville, Klickitat Co: Feb. 25th, at half past four A.M., two earthquake shocks were felt very distinctly, one following immediately after the other. The first was stronger than the second.” (Washington State Weather Service. Monthly Meteorological Report and Summary of the Washington State Weather Service Volume 4 #8 February 1895 p. 1)
Newspapers examined -
Washington Standard (Olympia) February 22, 1895 to March 8, 1895 (weekly - complete)
Chehalis Nuggett February 22, 1895 to March 8, 1895 (weekly - complete)
Chehalis Bee March 1, 1895 to March 22, 1895 (weekly - complete)
People’s Advocate (Chehalis) February 22, 1895 to March 8, 1895 (weekly - complete)
Oregonian (Portland) February 18, 1895 to March 1, 1895 (daily - complete)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer February 26, 1895 to February 28, 1895 (daily - complete)
Sumner Herald (Pierce County) February 22, 1895 to March 22, 1895 (weekly - missing March 8, 22, 1895 else complete)
White River Journal (Kent) February 23, 1895 to March 9, 1895 (weekly - compete)
Aberdeen Herald February 21, 1895 to March 7, 1895 (weekly - complete)
Tacoma Herald February 16, 1895 to March 9, 1895 (weekly - complete)
Seattle Press Times February 25, 1895 to February 27, 1895 (daily - February 26, 1895 missing/not published else complete)
Palladium (Olympia) February 20, 1895 to March 20, 1895 (weekly - complete)
Snohomish County Tribune (Snohomish) March 1, 1895 to March 29, 1895 (weekly - complete)
*
Washingtonian (Hoquiam) UW microfilm reel missing
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March 13 to 16, 1903 EVENTS
March 13, 1903 6:21-6:40 PM numerous sources
March 16, 1903 (Tacoma) evening (Tacoma Semi Weekly News March 17, 1903 p 4 col 2) NOTE: Need to confirm by looking at other Tacoma newspapers.
ADDITIONAL ENTRY
Mar 13, 1903 Earthquake Shocks - Centralia, Grand Mound, Olympia, Seattle (Weather Bureau, US Department of Agriculture. Washington Section of the Climate and Crop Service of the Weather Bureau (Seattle, Weather Bureau) volume 6 #10 March 1903)
Newspapers examined -
Snohomish County Tribune (Snohomish) March 6, 1903 to March 27, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) March 13, 1903 to April 17, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer March 14, 1903 to March 17, 1903 (daily - complete)
Port Orchard Independent March 7, 1903 to March 21, 1903 (weekly - complete)
White River Journal (Kent) March 7, 1903 to March 21, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Kitsap County Herald (Poulsbo) March 13, 1903 to March 20, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Tacoma Semi Weekly News March 13, 1903 to March 24, 1903 (2 times per week - complete)
Willapa Harbor Pilot (South Bend) March 20, 1903 to March 27, 1903 (weekly - complete)
*
Everett Herald UW microfilm copy very dark, unable to read
Index Miner (issues missing/not published)
Issaquah Independent (issues missing/not published)
Daily News Searchlight (Bremerton) (issues missing/not published)
Chehalis Bee Nugget (issues missing/not published)
Peoples Advocate (Chehalis) (issues missing/not published)
Olympia Chronicle (issues missing/not published)
Weekly Capital (Olympia) (issues missing/not published)
Spectator (Tacoma) (issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Times (issues missing/not published)
Union Record (Tacoma) (issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Daily News (issues missing/not published)
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September 5 to 11, 1903 EVENTS
September 5, 1903 (Castle Rock) “morning” (Tacoma Daily News September 12, 1903 p 2 col. 4) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer p. 1 col. 4)
September 11, 1903 3:30 to 3:50, 4:20 PM numerous sources
ADDITIONAL ENTRY
Sept 11, 1903 Earthquake Shocks - La Center at 3:50 p.m., South Bend at 3:30 pm (Weather Bureau, US Department of Agriculture. Washington Section of the Climate and Crop Service of the Weather Bureau (Seattle, Weather Bureau) volume 7 #4 September 1903)
Newspapers examined -
Skamania County Pioneer (Stevenson) September 3, 1903 to September 24, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Oregonian (Portland) September 12, 1903 to September 14, 1903 (daily - complete)
Willapa Harbor Pilot (South Bend) September 11, 1903 to September 25, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Kitsap County Herald (Poulsbo) September 11, 1903 to September 25, 1893 (weekly - complete)
Seattle Times September 12, 1903 only
Kitsap County Review (Bremerton) November 14 & 21, 1903 (weekly)
White River Journal (Kent) September 5, 1903 to September 19, 1903 (weekly - complete)
Tacoma Semi Weekly News September 8, 1903 to September 18, 1903 (twice a week - complete)
Port Orchard Independent September 12, 1903 to September 19, 1903 (weekly)
Tacoma Daily News September 11, 1903 to September 14, 1903 (6 times per week - complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) September 11, 1903 to September 18, 1903 (weekly)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer September 12, 1903 to September 15, 1903 (daily - complete)
Buckley Banner September 11, 1903 to September 25, 1903 (weekly - Sept 18 missing else complete)
Aberdeen Herald September 14, 1903 to September 21, 1903 (2 times per week - complete)
*
Weekly Chronicle (Olympia) (issues missing/not published)
Weekly Capital (Olympia) (issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Times (issues missing/not published)
Sumner Index (issues missing/not published)
Sumner Herald (issues missing/not published)
Olympia Chronicle (issues missing/not published)
Issaquah Independent (issues missing/not published)
Chehalis Bee Nugget (issues missing/not published)
Daily Spectator (Tacoma) (issues missing/not published)
People’s Advocate (Chehalis) (issues missing/not published)
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January 11 to February 8, 1909 EVENTS
January 11, 1909 3:30 to 4:30 PM Numerous sources
January 11, 1909 (Lopez) First tremor 4:30 PM Second tremor 20 minutes later (4:50 PM) (Friday Harbor Journal Jan 14, 1909 p 8 col. 4)
January 11, 1909 (Olga) First tremor 3:40 PM. Second tremor 40 minutes later (4:30 PM) (San Juan Islander January 16, 1909 p 8 col. 2)
January 11, 1909 (Friday Harbor) 10 PM (San Juan Islander January 16, 1909 p 1 col. 6)
January 11-12, 1909 (evening) (East Sound) “During the night there was a succession of light shocks …” (San Juan Islander January 16, 1909 p 8 col. 1)
January 12, 1909 (Friday Harbor) 12 midnight (San Juan Islander January 16, 1909 p 1 col. 6)
January 14, 1909 (Lopez) night “distant tremor … felt Thursday night” (Jan 14) “Several [tremors] have been reported since Monday.” (Friday Harbor Journal Jan 21, 1909 p 8 col. 6)
January 16, 1909 (East Sound) 7:25 PM (Friday Harbor Journal Jan 21, 1909 p 8 col. 4)
January 29, 1909 (West Sound) 3 AM (Friday Harbor Journal Feb 4, 1909 p 8 col. 3) (Lopez) 3:30 AM (Friday Harbor Journal February 4, 1909 p 8 col. 5)
February 4, 1909 (Lopez) 1:40 AM (Friday Harbor Journal February 11, 1909 p 8 col. 5)
February 8, 1909 (West Sound) Monday (Feb 8) night (Friday Harbor Journal February 11, 1909 p 8 col. 4)
ADDITIONAL ENTRIES
Jan 11, 1909 Earthquakes - Anacortes, Baker, Bellingham, Blaine, Coupeville, East Sound, Granite Falls, Olga, Olympia, Port Townsend, Vashon Island (Weather Bureau, US Department of Agriculture. Washington Section of the Climatological Service of the Weather Bureau (Portland Oregon, Weather Bureau) volume 13 #1 January 1909)
Jan 21, 1909 Earthquakes - Lakeside, Rex Creek [Chelan County] (Weather Bureau, US Department of Agriculture. Washington Section of the Climatological Service of the Weather Bureau (Portland Oregon, Weather Bureau) volume 13 #1 January 1909)
Newspapers examined -
San Juan Islander (Friday Harbor) January 7, 1909 to February 12, 1909 (weekly - Jan 30, 1909 missing else complete)
Friday Harbor Journal January 7, 1909 to March 4, 1909 (weekly - complete)
Anacortes American January 7, 1909 to February 11, 1909 (weekly - complete)
American Reville (Bellingham) January 10, 1909 to January 30, 1909 (6 times per week - complete)
Everett Herald January 11, 1909 to January 18, 1909 (6 times per week - complete)
Arlington Times January 16, 1909 to February 13, 1909 (weekly - complete)
*
Island County Times (Coupeville) (issues missing/not published)
Blaine Journal (January 1909 issues missing/not published)
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July 29, 1913 EVENT
July 29, 1913 (Mt Rainier) 8:15 AM (Tacoma Daily News July 29, 1913 p 1 col 1; July 30, 1913 p 2 col 4) (Tacoma Tribune July 30, 1913 p 1 col. 1) (Buckley Banner Aug 1, 1913 p 3 col 2)
Newspapers examined -
Puyallup Herald August 1, 1913 to August 15, 1913 (Weekly - complete)
Buckley Banner July 25, 1913 to August 15, 1913 (Weekly - complete)
Sumner Index July 25, 1913 to August 8, 1913 (Weekly - complete)
Washington Standard (Olympia) August 1 & 8, 1913 (Weekly)
Tacoma Daily News July 29, 30, 1913 (Daily)
Tacoma Tribune July 29, 1913 & July 30, 1913 (page 1 only)
*
Lewis County Clarion (Centralia) (July-August 1913 issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Times (July-August 1913 issues missing/not published)
Tacoma Daily Ledger (July-August 1913 issues missing/not published)
Olympia Chronicle (July-August 1913 issues missing/not published)
Washington Saturday Review (July-August 1913 issues missing/not published)
Morton Mirror (issues missing/not published)
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November 21, 1916 EVENT
November 21, 1916 (Everett, Anacortes) 11:30 AM numerous sources
Newspapers examined -
Arlington Times November 16, 1916 to November 30, 1916 (weekly - November 16, 1916 missing)
Concrete Herald November 18, 1916 to December 6, 1916 (weekly - complete)
Everett Herald November 21, 22, 1916 (daily)
Oak Harbor News November 24, 1916 to December 1, 1916 (weekly)
Anacortes American November 16, 1916 to December 7, 1916 (weekly - complete)
Friday Harbor Journal November 23, 30, 1916 (weekly)
*
Skagit News (Mount Vernon) (issues missing/not published)
Mount Vernon Herald (issues missing/not published)
Mount Vernon Argus (issues missing/not published)
Skagit County Times (issues missing/not published)
Guemes Beachcomber (issues missing/not published)
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January 23 to 24, 1920 EVENTS
January 23, 1920 (Victoria, BC) 9:00 PM Recorded on Victoria seismograph (unknown if felt by residents) (Anacortes American January 29, 1920 p 1 col. 5-6)
January 23, 1920 11:00 to 11:12 PM numerous sources
January 24, 1920 (Victoria, BC) 2:00 AM Recorded on Victoria seismograph (unknown if felt by residents) (Anacortes American January 29, 1920 p 1 col. 5-6)
Newspapers examined -
Friday Harbor Journal January 29 & February 5, 1920. Also March 1920 weather summary in March 4, 1920 issue (weekly)
Anacortes American January 22, 1920 to February 12, 1920 (weekly - complete) February 19, 1920 page one only (rest of issue missing)
Port Townsend Weekly Leader January 29, 1920 to February 19, 1920 (weekly - complete)
Oak Harbor News January 16, 1920 (weekly - last issue)
Island County Farm Bureau News (Oak Harbor) January 23, 1920 to February 13, 1920 (weekly - complete)
*
Port Angeles Daily Herald (issues missing/not published)
Mount Vernon Daily Herald (issues missing/not published)
Bellingham American (issues missing/not published)
Stanwood News (issues missing/not published)
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December 4, 1926 EVENT
December 4, 1926 5:55 to 5:57 AM numerous sources
Newspapers examined -
Friday Harbor Journal December 2, 1926 to December 30, 1926 (weekly - complete)
Anacortes American December 9, 1926 to December 23, 1926 (weekly - complete)
Port Townsend Leader December 3, 1926 to December 17, 1926 (weekly - complete)
Bellingham American December 4, 1926 only issue examined
*
Anacortes Daily Mercury (issues missing/not published)
Olympic Tribune (Port Angeles) (issues missing/not published)
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 755 |
Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Pierce Co. 47 degrees N; 122 degrees W PST 8:09 am 29 July, 1913 GMT 16h 09m V -Bull SSA Sept 1913, III, 142; SB III pg 182a, 183; Corresp Two sharp shocks, felt over an area of about 1,500 sq mi. Between Tacoma and Mt. Rainier. Instrument recorded at Seattle. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1782 |
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: 191307291615000 47000-122000 V NO 5 01 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 117 |
Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476 |
1967 |
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| Transcription: 117 1913 July 29 16:15 47 N, 122 W V 1 felt over 1,500 sq. mi. Mt. Rainier |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 297 |
Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153 |
1935 |
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| Transcription: 1913 July 29; V; Mount Rainier; the Superintendent reported two shocks recorded at Seattle. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1197 |
Morning Oregonian |
1913 |
July 30, 1913, page 1 |
Transcription: Morning Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, July 30, 1913, page 1. 2 SEVERE QUAKES SHAKE MT. RAINIER - SHOCKS COVERING 100 SQUARE MILES ALARM HUNDREDS - Mountain Climbers Tramping Over Glaciers but No One Hurt So Far as Known-Tremble Short.
Tacoma, July 29,--Two severe earthquake shocks covering an area of more 100 square miles, shook Mount Rainier about 11:15 this morning, rocked the gate houses of the immense concrete structure of Tacoma's $2,000.000 power plant at La Grande, 30 miles south of Tacoma, and created alarm in hundreds of homes. The disturbance, lasting about half a minute, was most strongly felt at the National Park Inn, at Ashford and La Grande.
The telephone operator, Mrs. Scurry, at Ashford, was sitting at the switchboard and was thrown violently forward, the chair lurching toward the desk. Officials at the city's Nisqually power plant, after a speedy examination, reported at noon they had found no cracks.
Hundreds from Tacoma and elsewhere are on the mountain tramping over glaciers and following dangerous trails, but no reports of injuries have been received. Ethan Allen, superintendent of the National Park district, said there can be no doubt they were seismic disturbances.
The shocks were apparent at Elbe and Eatonville, in Pierce County, and at Lewis, in Lewis County, where the shock appeared to be the strongest.
Seattle, Wa., July 29.--No record of the earthquake reported from Mount Rainier was made by the seismograph at the University of Washington. It was said at the university tonight that a careful examination of the record failed to show the slightest trace of a shock. Professor Henry Landes, head of the department of geology, is out of town, and his office assistant, who made the examination, was unable to account for shocks being felt on Mount Rainier without a record being made by the seismograph. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 944 |
U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96 |
1973 |
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| Transcription: 1913 July 29 08:15 Mt. Rainier, Wash 47 122 1,500 V 3-25 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1131 |
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 |
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| Transcription: 1913 July 29. 8:15 a.m. Ashford, Pierce Co. Also felt at La Grande, Tacoma, and Mount Rainier. Strongest at Ashford and La Grande. Caused alarm.-BSSA, 3, 142; Reid's Scrapbook, 3, 182a, 183; S. F. Chronicle, July 29, 1913. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2168 |
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America |
1913 |
V. 3, p. 143 |
Transcription: A slight earthquake on Mt. Rainier, Washington. - About 8:15 o'clock on the morning of July 29, 1913, two earthquake shocks shook Mount Rainier and were felt over an area of more than a hundred square miles. The shocks appeared to be the strongest at Lewis in Lewis County, and were noted at Elbe and Etonville, in Pierce County.
The disturbance is said to have lasted about half a minute. Ethan Allen, superintendent of the National Park, Washington, says the shocks came close together and were so violent that there could be no doubt about their being of a seismic nature. From reports received the shock had an intensity of between V and VI of the Rossi-Forel scale. |
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U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96 |
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| Transcription: 1913. July 29. Mount Rainier, Wash. Intensity V. |
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| 7091 |
Buckley Banner |
1913 |
Aug. 1, 1913, Friday, p. 3, c. 2 |
| Transcription: An earthquake was felt here on Tuesday Morning at 8:15 but it was so slight that it was noticed but by a few persons. Reports indicate that it was more severe up toward the mountain but even then unless one were in a building it was not noticed. The people at Burnett felt it more than the Buckley people did. |
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| 7088 |
Tacoma Daily News |
1913 |
July 29, 1913, Tues., p. 1, c.1 |
Transcription: TACOMA’S HUGE POWER PLANT ROCKED
Two Earthquake Shocks Felt for 500 Square Miles
City’s $2,000,000 Structure on Nisqually Speedily Inspected for Cracks – Woman Received Shaking-Up.
Two violent earthquake shocks, covering an area of 500 square miles, shook Mount Tacoma about 8:15 this morning, rocked the gatehouses perched on the mommoth concrete structure of the city’s $2,000,000 power plant at La Grande and caused great alarm in thousands of homes.
The disturbances, lasting about a half minute in all, were felt most stongly at the National Park Inn, Ashford and La Grande. They were noticed, however, as far south as Lewis, in Lewis county, the end of the telephone service of the federal forestry department in the reserve, and as near Tacoma as Orting.
The telephone operator, Mrs. S. Curry, at Ashford, was sitting at her switchboard and was thrown violently forward, the chair lurching toward her desk. She grasped the desk to save herself from being precipitated onto the floor.
Speedily examine City’s Plant
It was feared damage might have been done to the city’s Nisqually power plant, but municipal employees at La Grande made a speedy examination and said a t noon they had found no cracks in the concrete or other results of the earthquake. The gatehouses are built on the rim of the immense basin at La Grande, where the water in impounded before being sent down the penstock lines into the power house. Shocks rocking these gatehouses would necessarily have to shake the concrete structure, and there is still a fear that some serious wrench may have weakened the plant.
Hundreds of Tacomans in Zone.
Hundreds from Tacoma and other points are on the mountain, climbing on dangerous trails and clambering over glaciers. No reports of any one being hurt as a result of the shocks was received today, however.
Ethan Allen, superintendent of Mount Tacoma National Park, said that the shocks came close together, and that they were so violent there could be no doubt that they were seismic disturbances.
"The shocks were distinctly felt not only at the National Park Inn, but as far south as the Big Bottom country" said Supt. Allen. "Reports by the rangers in the forest service are that the earthquakes were felt by them, and these rangers the [sic] scattered over a large territory.
Not a Landslide
"People walking about and those within the inn felt the disturbance. Dishes were rattled and the furniture creaked. So far as we have heard, no one was hurt and no damage was done, except to alarm some people. There is no possibility that the disturbance was caused by a landslide or heavy avalanche. Another shock is said to have been felt last night, although not nearly so violent."
The shocks were apparent at Elbe at the Tacoma Eastern depot, at Eatonville and many other points. Residents there told of dishes being started from their shelves to destruction, clocks were stopped in several instances and windows seemed to be ont he point of going out of business.
Official reports from the rangers were not received at the office of the forestry department in Tacoma today., but J. M. Wyckoff, in charge, expected the earthquakes would be brought officially to his attention by letters from the men. Heavy earthquakes are likely to do considerable damage to the forests, and reports of this kind are expected.
Strongest at Ashford
The shock was not violent at Orting, which is about 20 miles from the National Park Inn. Lewis, in Lewis county, is 14 miles from Ashford, where the shock seemed to be the strongest. Persons at the inn today awaited anxiously reports from higher up the mountain.
There is no seismograph station nearer tot he scene of the earthquakes shocks than at the University of Washington in Seattle. The Tacoma weather bureau had no record of the disturbance.
Among the Tacomans reported to eat Reese’s camp, at a high point on the mountain, are Mr. and Mrs. P.E. McHugh, J.C. Sails, John Rethen, M.C. Watson, MR and Mrs. W.L. McKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Baldwin, Mrs. A.V. Hayden, Mr. and Mrs. George Yonell, Mariam Yonell, Lloyd Garretson, Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Lyness, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. George and Gladys North, Mr. and Mrs. O.A. North. At Paradise Park are Mr. and MRs. A. H. Barnes, T. D. Hitchcock and his wife and daughter. |
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Tacoma Tribune |
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July 30, 1913, Wed., p. 1, c. 1 |
Transcription: EARTHQUAKE STORY IS MIDSUMMER PIPE DREAM
Not Slightest Evidence of Seismic Disturbance Recorded - Snowslide Responsible
Inquiries made today regarding the reported earthquake at Mount Tacoma show that the story was a mid-summer pipe dream. There was no earthquake. One shock was felt in the vicinity of the mountain, caused by a heavy snowslide in the higher reaches of the mountainside, but the shock was readily distinguished by those who have experienced earthquakes from any seismic disturbance.
A woman residing in the park said that one, and not two shocks, were felt, and this shock was sufficient to shake the building she occupied. "I have experienced earthquake shocks time and again in California," she said, "and I knew this was not an earthquake. I have no doubt it was caused by a landslide on the mountain."
A number of other people at the National Park Inn and at Ashford were questioned today and all agreed that there was no earthquake. "The shock was not nearly so marked as the shocks I have felt in Tacoma when the smelter was dumping slag." was the comment of one of the railroad men at Ashford.
Spoil Tourist Travel
Reports of the earthquake sent out from a local newspaper office are much deprecated by those interested in encouraging tourist travel to the Rainier National park, as such reports undoubtedly affect travelers, especially women, who form a large proportion of the tourist forces.
The University of Washington, which has apparatus fro the detection and recording of earthquakes and similar disturbances, recorded absolutely no earth movement yesterday, it was announced today, the instrument showing a clean slate. This entirely disposes of the earthquake story as the delicate instrument installed in the university observatory could not possibly fail to record even the faintest earth movement. No shock was felt in Tacoma or in any other city in this vicinity. |
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Tacoma Daily News |
1913 |
July 30, 1913, Wed., p. 2, c. 2 |
Transcription: NOT LIKE EARTHQUAKE AT SAN FRANCISCO
Mount Tacoma Shock More Sudden and Without Wavy Feeling of Big Disaster
Additional reports from many reliable sources today corroborated that the disturbances felt yesterday morning on Mount Tacoma and as far into the lowlands as the Big Bottom country and Orting were earthquakes. The shocks were practically the only subject of conversation last night about the big fireplaces a t the National Park and at other mountain points.
C.H. Gaunt, general manager of the Pacific division of the Western Union Telegraph company, was at breakfast in the inn when the shocks came. He said one shock lasted about three seconds. Mr. Gaunt experienced the California earthquakes, and he said those on the mountain yesterday were more sudden and did not supply the wavy feeling that accompanied the disturbances to the south.
Government Ranger Cunningham, at the Skate river ranger district, telephoned Supt. Ethan Allen that he had seen his cabin quiver, while the ground under his feet vibrated strongly. A woman telephoned that many dishes on her shelves had been sent to destruction by the shocks.
"It was agreed by those who gathered about the fireplaces at the Inn last night that the disturbances were seismic." said Park Superintendent Allen today. "Even though it is said that the University of Washington seismograph at Seattle did not register the shocks, there are so many reliable people who felt it here that there can be no doubt.
"We have received absolutely no information of any external trouble on the mountain that could have caused any shock. Of course, there may have been an internal disturbance, but that would constitute an earthquake just the same." |
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