“The Earthquake”
Date
2-3-1812
Newspaper
Alexandria Herald
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 1
Newspaper Location
Alexandria, Virginia
Serial Number
1160
Abstract
Felt report for the d January 23, 1812 earthquake from Raleigh, North Carolina. Report from Tennessee on the earthquake . Notes chimneys falling, land subsidence, notes numerous aftershocks. Origin is probably account from Springfield, Tennessee.
Transcript
RALEIGH, Jan. 24. THE EARTHQUAKE.-A letter has been received in this city, from a gentleman of the first respectability in Tennessee, which states that the Earthquake, so generally felt on the 16th of December, was so violent in the vicinity of his residence that several chimnies were thrown down, and that eighteen or twenty acres of land on Piney river, had suddenly sunk so low, that the tops of the trees were on a level with the surrounding earth. Four other shocks were experienced on the 17th, and one or more continued to occur every day to the 70th ult. the date of the letter. A slight shock of an Earthquake was felt in this city about 8 o'clock yesterday morning. It continued only a few seconds.
Recommended Citation
"“The Earthquake”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 1113.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/1113
