“Another and Another Earthquake...”
Date
2-10-1812
Newspaper
Wilson’s Knoxville Gazette
Page and Column
Page 2, Col. 4
Newspaper Location
Knoxville, Tennessee
Serial Number
438
Abstract
Felt report of the February 7, 1812 earthquake at Knoxville, Tennessee. “On Friday morning, about 20 minutes before 4 o’clock, we experienced a shock of Earthquake which exceeded in violence that of the morning of the 16th Dec. last. It continued about 5 0r 6 minutes, and shook the houses and furniture most violently-slight trembling were observed by some at intervals of a few hours during the day, until about 8 o’clock in the evening, when the furniture in our houses was again agitated slightly by a shock--At 20 minutes before 11 at night-another shock of considerable violence was felt, which continued about 2 minutes. It was the opinion of many that not one day has passed, since the 16th December, unmarked by this phenomenon.”
Transcript
Another and Another Earthquake. On Friday morning, about 20 minutes before 4 o'clock, we experienced, a shock of Earth-quake which exceeded in violence that of the morning of the 16th Dec. last. It continued about 5 or 6 minutes, and shook the houses and furniture most violently-slight tremblings were observed by some at intervals of a few hours during the day until about 8'clock in the evening, when the furniture in our houses was again agitated slightly by a shock-At 20 minutes before 11 at night-another shock of considerable violence was felt . which continued about 2 minutes. It is the opinion of many that, not one day has passed, since the 16th December, unmarked by this phenomenon. The following letters. and concurrent accounts leave little doubt but the effects of the earthquake, has been most fatally felt on the Mississippi.
Recommended Citation
"“Another and Another Earthquake...”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 430.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/430
