1916
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West Central, WA 47 degrees 20' N; 122 degrees 20' W PST 4:52 pm 1 Jan, 1916 GMT 0h 52m 2 Jan, 1916 IV 3-4 seconds duration -SB IV 83; MWR 39; SB IV 826 Felt at Olympia, Sumner, Tacoma, Seattle (IV), and at L...ton (?) 40 mi NE of Seattle. Origin probably near Sumner. Area shaken 12,000 sq mi about. At first four places mentioned. Windows rattled, doors moved and buildings were shaken.
Monthly Weather Review
V. 44, p. 39 Date: January 2, 1916
Time (Greenwich Civil): 00:52
Location: Sumner, Wash.
Latitude (deg., min.): 47 12
Longitude (deg.,min.): 122 13
RF Intensity: 4
Number of Shocks: 2
Duration (sec.): 3
Sounds:
Remarks:Shook buildings
Observer:H.E. Thompson
1916
Monthly Weather Review
V. 44, p. 39 Date: January 2, 1916
Time (Greenwich Civil): 00:52
Location: Silverton
Latitude (deg., min.): 48 00
Longitude (deg.,min.): 121 32
RF Intensity:
Number of Shocks: 1
Duration (sec.): 5
Sounds: Rumbling
Remarks:
Observer: C.M. Mackintosh
1916
Monthly Weather Review
V. 44, p. 39 Date: January 2, 1916
Time (Greenwich Civil): 00:52
Location: Seattle, Wash.
Latitude (deg., min.): 47 38
Longitude (deg.,min.): 122 20
RF Intensity: 4
Number of Shocks: 1
Duration (sec.): 2
Sounds:
Remarks: Doors moved
Observer: U.S. Weather Bureau
1916
Monthly Weather Review
V. 44, p. 39 Date: January 2, 1916
Time (Greenwich Civil): 00:52
Location: Olympia, Wash.
Latitude (deg., min.): 47 02
Longitude (deg.,min.): 122 55
RF Intensity: 4
Number of Shocks: 3
Duration (sec.): 3
Sounds:
Remarks: Windows rattled
Observer: S.R. Holcomb
1916
Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153

1916 January 1, 4:52 p.m.; 47 degrees 20' north, 122 degrees 20' west; felt at Tacoma, Seattle, Olympia, and Silverton; area approximately 12,000 square miles. 1935
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

1916 January 1. 4:52 p.m. IV. Olympia, Seattle, Sumner. Shook buildings; windows rattled. Felt also in Silverton, but no intensity given.-MWR, 44, 39. 1939
Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476

134 1916 Jan. 2 00:52 47.3 N, 122.3 W V 1 felt over 12,000 sq. mi. 1967
U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96

1916. January 1. Puget Sound, Wash. Felt at Tacoma, Seattle, Olympia, and Silverton. Buildings shook; doors moved. 1973
U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96

1916 Jan. 1 16:52 Puget Sound, Wash 47.3 122.3 12,000 V 3-25 1973
Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished
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. 191601 20052000 47300-122300 V NO 5 01 1981
eptember 5, 1914.