“Earthquake”
Date
1-28-1812
Newspaper
Lexington American Statesman
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 1
Newspaper Location
Lexington, Kentucky
Serial Number
212
Abstract
Felt report fro the January 23, 1812 earthquake at Louisville, Kentucky.
Transcript
EARTHQUAKE. On Thursday morning last, about 9 o'clock, this place was again visited by a shock of the Earthquake. It was supposed to have been almost as severe as any heretofore experienced, and of about the same duration. From the papers which have reached us since the last shock, it seems to have been felt very sensibly throughout the Western Country. At Louisville several chimnies were broken off, glasses thrown off the tables, and fissures were made in the ground, for an inch wide and several yards long. In addition to what we have heretofore stated, as to the effects of the Earthquake about Little Prairie, in splitting the country and destroying the river banks to an alarming extent;--we have learned, that the roofs of houses were shaken off, and the houses themselves in several instances, had sunk below the surface of the earth. The people ran in every direction for safety-the shocks were numerous, and in a very short time subsequent to the last, almost the whole country was inundated.
Recommended Citation
"“Earthquake”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 205.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/205
