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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 #547 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Rassmussen cites Heck and Eppley (1958), and his listing is repeated in the Woodward-Clyde and a WPPSS listing. No other sources are known for this earthquake.
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
1920  11  29  14  10    47.67  117.40        Spokane  WA           
RAS - 157 WWC - 1845 - - RAS - 157 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1845  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 192011291410000 47672-117405W R 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2457  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: 1920 Nov 29 Spokane, Wash. R
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
157  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 157 1920 Nov. 29 14:10 Spokane 1 felt
 


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