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SUMMARY OF SHOSHONE 1905 EARTHQUAKE

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Name:                    Shoshone, ID
Local Date (Time):       Nov 11, 1905  (3:26 p.m.)
GMT Date (Time):         Nov 11. 1905  (2126)
Location:                ~ 5 mi. SW of Shoshone, ID
Epicenter:               42 54.00   114 30.00   [6]
Magnitude:               5 1/2 +/- [6]
Intensity:               V  [1]
Felt Area:               not available

Significant aftershocks: None

Numbers in brackets indicate source of information. See Reference List

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  Deseret Evening News  (last date searched 11/20/1905)
      Headline:          Salt Lake Shaken
      Date:              11/13/1905
      Info Categories:   E, N, P

      Headline:          Cause of Earthquakes
      Date:              11/16/1905
      Info Categories:   S

      Headline:          Snowville
      Date:              11/16/1905
      Info Categories:   E, N


  Idaho Daily Statesman  (last date searched 11/15/1905)
      Headline:          Seismic Shock Felt in Boise
      Date:              11/12/1905
      Info Categories:   E, P

      Headline:          Shock Was Felt at Many Places to the East and Southeast of Boise
      Date:              11/12/1905
      Info Categories:   B, E, N


  Ogden Standard  (last date searched 11/19/1905)
      Headline:          Earthquake Rocks the City
      Date:              11/11/1905
      Info Categories:   E, P


  Salt Lake Herald  (last date searched 11/17/1905)
      Headline:          To Salt Lake One Mild Quake
      Date:              11/12/1905
      Info Categories:   E, N, P

      Headline:          Earthquake In Ogden
      Date:              11/12/1905
      Info Categories:   E, N, P


  Salt Lake Telegram  (last date searched 11/15/1905)
      Headline:          Salt Lake Is Shaken
      Date:              11/13/1905
      Info Categories:   E, N


  Salt Lake Tribune  (last date searched 11/15/1905)
      Headline:          Salt Lake Shaken By Earthquake
      Date:              11/12/1905
      Info Categories:   B, E, H, L, N, P

      Headline:          Earthquake Frightens
      Date:              11/12/1905
      Info Categories:   E, N, P

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Photographs Available
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Individual Accounts Available

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Additional Sources of Information Available

      
     Title:             Earthquakes in Idaho
     Publication:       Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised)
     Info Categories:   N, P

     Title:             Earthquake History of Utah, 1850-1949 
     Publication:       Bulletin of the SeismologicalSociety of America (1953)
     Info Categories:   E, N

     Title:             Abstract 
     Publication:       Historical Seismicity Investigation for the November 11, 1905 Earthquake (1992)
     Info Categories:   E

     Title:             Selected newspaper articles excerpted from report
     Publication:       Historical Seismicity Investigation for the November 11, 1905 Earthquake (1992)
     Info Categories:   E, N, P, S
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