“The Late Earthquake”
Date
12-24-1811
Newspaper
Lexington Kentucky Gazette
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Lexington, Kentucky
Serial Number
72
Abstract
Felt report of the December 16, 1811 earthquake with information on effects at Louisville, Nashville and Limestone Kentucky. States that the earthquake was felt at all three places. It reports that bitumen was seen floating past Limestone after the quake.
Transcript
The late Earthquake was felt in every part of the country which we have heard from; without, however, doing any considerable damage. In the neighborhood of Nashville some chimnies were thrown down, at Louisville it broke off some chimnies, and dashed in the gable end of a house. The first shock was felt at both places at the same hour it was here. The Louisville paper states that they yet felt slight shocks at intervals, even on Friday; and not a day had elapsed at Limestone without some of the same phenomena. We are informed a slight shock was felt in this town on Sunday last between 9 & 10 o'clock, P.M. It is conjectured by some that a volcano, has been formed on the waters of the Ohio from the appearance of bitumen floating past Limestone.
Recommended Citation
"“The Late Earthquake”" (1811). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 71.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/71
