Research Article| September 01, 2006 Maxwell Allen Wilbur (Bill) Rinehart Wilbur (Bill) Rinehart sungo1983@mac.com Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Seismological Research Letters (2006) 77 (5): 593–594. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.77.5.593 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Wilbur (Bill) Rinehart; Maxwell Allen. Seismological Research Letters 2006;; 77 (5): 593–594. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.77.5.593 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search The careful researcher consults earthquake catalogs at the beginning of any project to know the seismic history of the region of study. Today, catalogs are online. In general they are listings of earthquake parameters that can be used to retrieve seismograms of earthquakes of interest to the researcher. For California and West Coast earthquakes, early researchers used descriptive catalogs compiled by Lick Observatory Director Edward S. Holden for the time period 1769–1896 and U. S. Weather Bureau meteorologist Alexander G. McAdie, who updated Holden's catalog in 1907 to include earthquakes up to and including the 1906 sequence that affected San... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.