Aftershocks, earthquake effects, and the location of the large 14 December 1872 earthquake near Entiat, central Washington
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Abstract
Reported aftershock durations, earthquake effects, and other observations from the large 14 December 1872 earthquake in central Washington are consistent with an epicenter near Entiat, Washington. Aftershocks were reported for more than 3 months only near Entiat. Modal intensity data described in this article are consistent with an Entiat area epicenter, where the largest modified Mercalli intensities, VIII, were assigned between Lake Chelan and Wenatchee. Although ground failures and water effects were widespread, there is a concentration of these features along the Columbia River and its tributaries in the Entiat area. Assuming linear ray paths, misfits from 23 reports of the directions of horizontal shaking have a local minima at Entiat, assuming the reports are describing surface waves, but the region having comparable misfit is large. Broadband seismograms recorded for comparable ray paths provide insight into the reasons why possible S–P times estimated from felt reports at two locations are several seconds too small to be consistent with an Entiat area epicenter.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Aftershocks, earthquake effects, and the location of the large 14 December 1872 earthquake near Entiat, central Washington |
| Series title | Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America |
| DOI | 10.1785/0120170224 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Seismological Society of America |
| Contributing office(s) | Earthquake Science Center |
| Description | 18 p. |
| First page | 66 |
| Last page | 83 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| Other Geospatial | Entiat |
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