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.