Earthquake

Date

12-29-1810

Newspaper

The Supporter

Page and Column

Page 2, Column 3

Newspaper Location

Chillicothe, Ohio

Serial Number

556

Abstract

Report of an earthquake at Portsmouth, New Hampshire in November or December 1810. Mentions that it was felt at Kennebunk and Portland in Maine. At Salem, Newburyport, York, Exeter, Dover and Charlestown. Also felt in the interior of Massachusetts.

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EARTHQUAKE. A severe agitation of the earth was felt in Portsmouth, N. H. on Friday evening last, about three minutes past 9 o'clock.-Its progress appeared to be from N. W. to S. E. and was accompanied with a heavy explosion.-Its duration from one to two minutes.-Some window glass was broken by the shock, which a vessel felt as if she run aground. The Kennebunk paper mentions it as having been violently felt there; that it lasted about 20 seconds, was attended with a loud rumbling, and that the houses and contents were very much agitated. The Portland Gazette states its being but slightly felt there, about half past 9 o'clock, and that from a calm the wind blew very fresh before the shock. It was sensibly felt at Salem, Newburyport, York, Exeter, Dover and many of the interior towns, and at Charlestown. In this vicinity the sound was distinctly heard, but no concussion remarked in this town. B. pap.

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