“The Earthquake”
Date
1-24-1812
Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 4
Newspaper Location
Raleigh, North Carolina
Serial Number
648
Abstract
felt report for the December 16, 1811 earthquake from Tennessee. Possibly near the Piney river. Talks of broken chimneys and sunken land. Also a felt report for January 23, 1812 earthquake for Raleigh, North Carolina. Notes that if was felt slightly at 3:00 am local time.
Transcript
THE EARTHQUAKE.-A letter has been received in this city, from a gentlemen of the first respectability in Tennessee, which states that the Earthquake, so generally felt on the 16th of December, was so violent in the vicinity of his residence that several chimnies were thrown down; and that eighteen or twenty acres of land on Piney river, had suddenly sunk so low, that the tops of the trees were on a level with the surrounding earth. Four other shocks were experienced on the 17th, and one or more continued to occur every day to the 30th ult. the date of the letter. A slight shock of an Earthquake was felt in this city about 8 o'clock yesterday morning. It continued only a few seconds.
Recommended Citation
"“The Earthquake”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 635.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/635
