Individual Event Report
| Event #497 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| The monthly weather reveiw gives this information: "A slight earthquake which shook eastern Oregon, flooded part of the Baker County golf links with a spring which burst forth within a few hundred yards of a mineral spring. Although the water in the mineral spring is hot , the spring flows ice cold. (Internat. News. Ser.)." Berg and Baker assigned MM Intensity III to this. No newspapers have been checked. |
| 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 |
| 1916 |
5 |
28 |
|
|
|
|
44.77 |
117.83 |
|
|
|
Baker |
OR |
III |
MM |
|
|
|
| MWR - 2244 |
WWC - 1814 |
- |
- |
BB - 1354 |
- |
Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 391 |
Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38 |
1952 |
U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) |
| Transcription: 1916, May 28 Near Baker. Slight. |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1814 |
Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished |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Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 19160528 44779-117833W III BB 3 01 |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2244 |
Monthly Weather Review |
1916 |
V. 44, p. 304 |
Transcription: Baker, Oreg., May 28, 1916.
A slight earthquake which shook eastern Oregon, flooded part of the Baker County golf links with a spring which burst forth within a few hundred yards of a mineral spring. Although the water in the mineral spring is hot , the spring flows ice cold. (Internat. News. Ser.) |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 536 |
Townley, S.D. and M.W. Allen, 1939, Descriptive Catalog of earthquakes of the Pacific Coast of the United States 1769 to 1928, Chapter II, Earthquakes in Oregon--1846-1928, BSSA, V. 29, No. 1, pp. 253-258. |
1939 |
|
| Transcription: 1916 May 28. Near Baker. Slight.-MWR, 44, 304. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 627 |
Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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|
| Transcription: Baker 28 May, 1916 44 degrees 48' N; 117 degrees 50' W intensity- slight -Am Ref; Gonz Univ Nothing ? |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1354 |
Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108 |
1963 |
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| Transcription: 1916 - - May 28 - near Baker III 10 |
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