This event was preceded by a possible foreshock several hours earlier. There are some discrepencies about the duration of this event. A brief article in the Seattle PI says that the shaking lasted more than a minute, while Reid's notes say: "The second shock was the stumper and appears to have been double, lasting almost 40 seconds with an interval of 15 seconds between the two parts." The BSSA says that the shock was of 5 seconds duration. Townley and Allen say that this event as felt at Edmonds, Seattle, and Tacoma, with the greatest intensity at Tacoma. They cite "BSSA, 4, 41; S. F. Chronicle, December 26, 1913; Reid's Scrapbook, 3, 194." Reid's notes say that it was recorded in Seattle, but not in Victoria. The felt area and magnitude source is Dr. Garry Rogers' dissertation. Additional newspaper research might help to clarify what was experienced. |