Abstract
THE United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, in co-operation with Science Service and the Jesuit Seismological Association, states that an earthquake was experienced in the State of Washington, U.S.A., on November 13, 1939, at approximately 7h. 45m. 49s. G.C.T. Reports of the earthquake were received from the seismographic stations at Georgetown, Chicago, Fordham, Pasadena, Pittsburgh, Tucson, St. Louis, Butte, Weston, Williamstown, Sitka, College, Philadelphia and Lincoln. From these reports, the epicentre has been calculated to have been near lat. 47° 35′ N., long. 123° 15′ W., which is to the west of Bremerton and south-east of Mount Olympus. NO damage has been reported. It is well known that the western side of the American continent is more liable to earthquake shocks than the eastern side, though both as regards frequency and intensity the State of California appears to have suffered more in the past than the State of Washington or any other of the neighbouring States.
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Earthquake near Seattle. Nature 144, 1009 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/1441009a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1441009a0