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SUMMARY OF ELSINORE 1921 EARTHQUAKE SERIES
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Name: Elsinore, UT Local Date (Time): Sep 29, 1921 (7:12 a.m.) GMT Date (Time): Sep 29, 1921 (1412) Location: Elsinore, UT Epicenter: 38 40.97 112 08.98 [1] Magnitude: 6 +/- [6] Intensity: VIII [1] Felt Area: 3,000 Sq. Kilometers [7]Numbers in brackets indicate source of information. See Reference ListSignificant aftershocks: Name: Elsinore, UT Local Date (Time): Sep 29, 1921 (7:30 p.m.) GMT Date (Time): Sep 30, 1921 (0230) Location: Elsinore, UT Epicenter: 38 40.97 112 08.98 [1] Magnitude: 5.7 [1] Intensity: VII [1] Felt Area: < 1,000 Sq. Kilometers [7] Name: Elsinore, UT Local Date (Time): Oct 01, 1921 (8:32 a.m.) GMT Date (Time): Oct 01, 1921 (1532) Location: Elsinore, UT Epicenter: 38 40.97 112 08.98 [1] Magnitude: 6 +/- [6] Intensity: VIII [1] Felt Area: < 1,000 Sq. Kilometers [7]
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Beaver City Press (last date searched 10/28/1921)
Headline: Bad Quake Rocks Elsinore
Date: 09/30/1921
Info Categories: B, N
Deseret Evening News (last date searched: 10/18/1921)
Headline: Quake Wrecks Utah Buildings
Date: 09/29/1921
Info Categories: B, E, I, P
Headline: Richfield Reports Quake But No Damage There
Date: 09/29/1921
Info Categories: E, N
Headline: Quake Does Slight Damage At Monroe
Date: 09/30/1921
Info Categories: B, G, L, N
Headline: Woman Injured By Utah Quakes
Date: 10/01/1921
Info Categories: B, E, G, I, N, P
Headline: Temblors In Sevier County Are Discussed
Date: 10/03/1921
Info Categories: A, B, E, N, P, S
Headline: Steps Taken To Assist Victims Of Quakes
Date: 10/10/1921
Info Categories: A, I
The Richfield Reaper (last date searched: 10/13/1921)
Headline: Earthquake Damage To School Buildings
Date: 10/06/1921
Info Categories: B, R
Headline: Earthquakes Destroy Much Property In Sevier Towns And Create Great Panic
Date: 10/06/1921
Info Categories: B, E, G, I, P, R, S
Headline: The Earth Tremors In Monroe
Date: 10/06/1921
Info Categories: B, E, I, N, P, S
Headline: Relief Promised To The Suffers From The Earthquake
Date: 10/13/1921
Info Categories: A
Headline: School Board Put To More Expense
Date: 10/20/1921
Info Categories: B, I
Headline: Report of Sevier Earthquake In Scientific Journal
Date: 10/27/1921
Info Categories: S
Salt Lake Telegram (last date searched: 10/07/1921)
Headline: Utah Shaken By Earthquakes
Date: 09/29/1921
Info Categories: B, E, G, N, P
Headline: Drug Store At Monroe Damaged
Date: 09/29/1921
Info Categories: B, E, N
Headline: Sevier Valley Again Shaken By Earthquake
Date: 09/30/1921
Info Categories: B, E, G, I, N
Headline: Repeated Quakes Terrorize People
Date: 10/01/1921
Info Categories: A, B, E, G, I, P, S
Headline: Quakes Subside After Fifty Hours
Date: 10/02/1921
Info Categories: B, E, I, P
Headline: Quakes Cause Great Landslides; Residents Returning To Homes
Date: 10/03/1921
Info Categories: A, G, I, P, S
Salt Lake Tribune (last date searched: 10/05/1921)
Headline: Earth Shocks Cause Damage In Utah Towns
Date: 09/30/1921
Info Categories: B, E, G, I, L, N
Headline: Elsinore Feels Another Quake
Date: 10/01/1921
Info Categories: B, E, G, N, P
Headline: Tremors Recur With Violence In Utah Towns
Date: 10/02/1921
Info Categories: B, E, G, I, L, N, P, S
Headline: Quake District Back To Normal
Date; 10/03/1921
Info Categories: A, E, I, P, R
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Description: Store on Main St; Elsinore, Utah Source: personal scrapbook Info Categories: B Description: House damage. Elsinore, Utah Source: Special Collections Dept.; University of Utah Info Categories: B Description: School Building & Grounds; Elsinore, Utah Source: Bulletin of Seismological Society of America Info Categories: B
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Description: 1991 Interview with man who was 17 years old and
living in Elsinore, Utah, in 1921.
Author: Christensen, R. Gordon
Info Categories: A, B, E, P
Description: Excerpt from a town history (Elsinore, Utah)
Author: Jacobson, Gwendolyn; Elsinore Literary Club
Info Categories: A, B, E, P
Description: University of Utah professor's account of
October 1, 1921 earthquake
Author: Pack, Frederick J.
Info Categories: E, P
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Title: Earthquakes in Utah
Publication: Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised)
Info Categories: B, E, G
Title: Earthquake History of Utah, 1850-1949
Publication: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1953)
Info Categories: B, E, G, N
Title: The Elsinore Earthquakes in Central Utah, September 29 and October 1, 1921
Publication: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1921)
Info Categories: B, E, G, I, P
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