“European Earthquakes”
Date
4-3-1812
Newspaper
Western Intelligencer
Page and Column
Page 2, Column 4
Newspaper Location
Worthington, Ohio
Serial Number
1206
Abstract
Account of earthquakes in Central Europe on December 16 and 17 1811. Report from the Astronomer David.
Transcript
EUROPEAN EARTHQUAKES. Prague, December 20. From the Observatory of Dec. 17. On the 10th of this month the barometer suddenly fell below its mean height. I expected a heavy rain or tempest; but the weather was only dark and cloudy. The 12th between eight and half and eight and three quarters in the evening, according to a letter received from a person in that quarter, a violent shock of an earthquake which lasted about a minute, was experienced at Hauenstein, in the circle of Elbogen. The widows and doors creaked and all the moveables which were not solidly fixed, were thrown out of their places. The direction of the shock was from south to north. The earthquake experienced at Hausenstein was only the continuation of another and more considerable which must have taken place farther to the south, and which perhaps will be renewed on the night of the 16th, the barometer having fallen six lines in 2 hours. On the 16th at 7 A. M. it was at 27 n. e. 4 lines and an half, & on the 17th at 6 A. M. at 26 inches 10 and an half lines. The Astronomer DAVID. P. S. On the 15th at half past 8 P. M. an earthquake sufficiently strong, accompanied with noise resembling that of thunder, and which lasted about one minute, was felt at Kaaden in the vicinity of Saatz.
Recommended Citation
"“European Earthquakes”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 1159.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/1159
