“This morning at twenty two minutes past nine...”
Date
2-7-1812
Newspaper
Farmer’s Repository
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Charlestown, West Virginia
Serial Number
1234
Abstract
Felt report for Suffolk, Virginia for the January 23, 1812 earthquake. Time of the earthquake was 9:22 am (local time). The effect was to cause people to flee their homes . Duration was noted to be 8 seconds with nausea and giddiness being felt for several minutes afterward.
Transcript
NORFOLK, January 24. Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Suffolk. "SUFFOLK, 23D Jan. 1812. "This morning at twenty-two minutes past nine, the shock of an Earthquake was felt very sensibly by all the inhabitants of Suffolk. The writer of this was sitting by the fire with his face to the south, and the motion which the undulation gave, was by wavering his body on the chair from west to east.-Starting up, he exclaimed, "the house shakes," and moved into the street with three other persons who were in the room. The duration of this terrifying convulsive power did not exceed eight seconds of time, and all those who felt it complained of a giddiness for some minutes after the tremor of the earthquake ceased."
Recommended Citation
"“This morning at twenty two minutes past nine...”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 1187.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/1187
