“Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Rogersville...”
Date
1-27-1812
Newspaper
Wilson’s Knoxville Gazette
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 1
Newspaper Location
Knoxville, Tennessee
Serial Number
434
Abstract
Felt report from Rogersville, Tennessee concerning the January 23, 1812 earthquake. “This morning a few minutes before nine o’clock we felt a severe shock of an earthquake in this town, which lasted about three minutes; the motion appeared to come from the west, wind east, and a slight breeze, the shock was much greater than felt on the morning of the 16th ult. Indeed it was so great that the motions of the earth much resembled that of a ship on a heavy sea.”
Transcript
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Rogersville. This morning a few minutes, before nine o'clock, we felt a severe shock of an earthquake in this town, which lasted about three minutes; the motion appeared to come from the west, wind, east, and a light breeze, the shock was much greater then that felt on the morning of the 16th ult. Indeed it was so great that the motion of the earth much resembled that of a ship on a heavy sea.
Recommended Citation
"“Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Rogersville...”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 427.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/427
