“the Earthquake was very distinctly felt...”
Date
3-11-1812
Newspaper
Argus of Western America
Page and Column
Page 1, Column 5
Newspaper Location
Frankfort, Kentucky
Serial Number
241
Abstract
Felt report for the New Madrid earthquakes at New York City and surrounding area. From the New York Colombian, unknown date.
Transcript
The Earthquake was very distinctly felt in this city on Friday evening and occasioned considerable jarring of kitchen utensils vibration of suspended articles, sensible motion, dizziness and alarm, in many intelligent and respectable families: while nothing of it was perceived by others or by watchmen, &c. The shock continued nearly two minutes. On Friday morning a commotion very nearly similar in its circumstances, was experienced in Philadelphia. And on Thursday evening a shock was felt by several persons (says the Commercial Advertiser) in this city. The earthquake of the 16th of December to the 30th inclusive, which was felt from the Atlantic to the Ohio and Missouri, was also experienced in a very great degree in Rockland county, and on the Jersey shore opposite this city, but not even suspected on this side the Hudson. There have been no instances of such continued and repeated shocks recorded in the history of this country. At Onondaga Valley an earthquake was felt on the 16th of December, and another shock on Thursday morning, the 16th ult.
Recommended Citation
"“the Earthquake was very distinctly felt...”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 234.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/234
