Table 4: Faults, Thermal Waters, Seismicity
 Descriptions of the effects of the 1983 Borah Peak 
 earthquake in various Idaho cities and towns. 

   

 ___1. American Falls. Trees and stop signs swayed. Felt by nearly everyone.  

 ___2. Arco. Beds. chairs, tables moved. Felt by everyone. 

 ___3. Atomic City. Heavy furniture was moved. Damage was slight. Felt the everyone. 

 ___4. Banks. People reported cracked plaster and overturned vases and lamps. 

 ___5. Basalt. Lamps were overturned. Cracked plaster in the walls. 

 ___6. Bellevue. Felt by everyone. Some chimneys were damaged. 

 ___7. Boise. Felt by all. A few instances of fallen plaster and damaged chimneys.  

 ___8. Bonners Ferry. Some people reported broken dishes. Felt by nearly everyone. 

 ___9. Borah Peak. Ground cracked. Landslides occurred. 

 ___10. Caldwell. Pendulum clocks stopped. Trees and poles swayed. 

 ___11. Carey. Furniture moved. Everyone felt the shaking.  

 ___12. Cascade. Many people ran outdoors. Some damaged chimneys were reported. Some furniture moved. 

 ___13. Challis. Noticed by persons driving cars. Everybody ran outdoors. Considerable damage to poorly designed structures. 

 ___14. Cottonwood. Many people said it was like a heavy truck striking the building. Walls made creaking sounds. 

 ___15. Craigmont. Many people, including those sitting in parked or temporarily stopped cars, reported that they felt some shaking. 

 ___16. Deary. People reported table lamps overturned. Some pendulum clocks stopped. 

 ___17. Elk City. Some dishes, windows, and glasses were broken. Pendulum clocks stopped. 

 ___18. Elk River. Everyone felt it. Damage was slight. One person reported being awakened by the noise of a moving dresser. 

 ___19. Fruitland. Trees swayed. Floor and table lamps fell over. 

 ___20. Garden Valley. Felt by everyone. Chimneys damaged. 

 ___21. Grangeville. Felt like sensation of a heavy truck striking the building. Walls made a creaking sound. 

 ___22. Idaho Falls. Reports of broken dishes. Telephone poles swayed. 

 ___23. Jerome. Felt by everyone. Although many people were frightened, damage was slight. 

 ___24. Kendrick. Felt by nearly everyone. Some people reported cracked plaster in some rooms of their houses. 

 ___25. Lapwai. Felt like the vibration of a passing truck. Standing automobiles rocked slightly. Many people did not recognize it as an earthquake. 

 ___26. Lewiston. Felt quite noticeably indoors, similar to vibration from a passing truck. 

 ___27. Mackay. Slight to moderate damage in well-built ordinary structures. Some chimneys broken. Noticed by people driving cars. 

 ___28. McCall. Telephone poles swayed. Some windows were shattered. 

 ___29. Moscow. Felt indoors by many. Walls made a creaking sound. 

 ___30. Nampa. Windows, glass doors, and dishes were broken. Some people were awakened by the shaking and noise. 

 ___31. New Meadows. Some people reported that their windows and dishes rattled. Walls made a creaking sound. 

 ___32. Nezperce. Windows rattled. Walls creaked. Cars rocked. No broken windows reported.  

 ___33. Orofino. Trees, poles, and other tall objects moved noticeably. A few instances of cracked plaster. Some unstable objects overturned. 

 ___34. Osburn. Tall billboards swayed. Windows were broken. 

 ___35. Pocatello. Some heavy furniture was moved. Damage was slight, but everyone felt it. 

 ___36. Post Falls. Standing automobiles rocked noticeably. Dishes, windows, and glasses rattled. Walls creaked. 

 ___37. Rathdrum. Standing cars rocked. Many people reported rattling of windows and glassware. 

 ___38. Shoshone. Everyone felt the shaking. Broken windows were reported. 

 ___39. Soda Springs. Felt quite noticeably on upper floors of buildings. Standing cars rocked. 

 ___40. Sun Valley. Some damage to plaster and chimneys. Many people were frightened. Some of them ran outdoors. 

 ___41. Teton. Many people on upper floors of buildings felt the shaking. Those on ground floor reported the sensation of the vibration of a passing truck. 

 ___42. Twin Falls. A few people reported broken windows and glassware. Telephone poles and trees swayed.