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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 #653 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Listed only in Milne: "An earthquake was felt generally in Vancouver and in the communities directly east of there. It was not felt at Victoria, nor was it recorded on the seismographs." 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
1927  10  29                    Vancouver Island  B.C.           
MILNE - 1507 - - - MILNE - 1507 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1507  Milne, W.G., 1956, Seismic Activity in Canada, west of the 113th meridian 1841-1951: Canada Dominion Obs. Pub., V. 18, No. 7, pp. 119-146  1957   
Transcription: 1927 OCTOBER 29. An earthquake was felt generally in Vancouver and in the communities directly east of there. It was not felt at Victoria, nor was it recorded on the seismographs.
 


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