“A number of our readers....”
Date
2-13-1812
Newspaper
Louisiana Gazette
Page and Column
Page 2, Column 1-4
Newspaper Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Serial Number
288
Abstract
Editorial notice that the December 16, 1811 earthquake was felt widely and give the extent where it experienced. Hunters on the headwaters of the White river felt it 300-400 mile s to the west of St. Louis violently. It was felt as far as New York and Virginia. Surmises that it was felt more strongly in Ohio and Kentucky than in Louisiana
Transcript
A number of our readers having expressed a wish to become acquainted with the opinions of the learned, on the subject of earthquakes. We have principally devoted this number to the theories which are held in the highest estimation, and which the editors of the (last edition) of the Encyclopedia have selected from the volumes written on geology. From what we have read on that subject we cannot find an instance where the earths vibration has extended to such a vast portion of country as of the last two months conclusion; travellers say that it has been felt in New York, Pensylvania and Virginia; In Kentucky and the state of Ohio its effects were more destructive to buildings than in Louisiana. Hunters from the west, three or four hundred miles from this place aver the shock felt on the 16th of Dec. was extremely violent on the head waters of the White river. From these [unreadable] it would appear, that it not limited to a particular portion of country; its extent we believe will be ascertained to be more wide than any instance of such phenomena on record.
Recommended Citation
"“A number of our readers....”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 281.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/281
