“ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE”
Date
2-8-1812
Newspaper
Carolina Federal Republican
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 1
Newspaper Location
New Bern, North Carolina
Serial Number
808
Abstract
Felt report for the February 7, 1812 earthquake from New Bern, North Carolina. Time of earthquake was 4:00 am(local time). Duration was 2 minutes. Motion was described at jerking and rocking and repeated and violent. No report of building damage.
Transcript
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE. At 4 o'clock yesterday morning, a strong and alarming shock of Earthquake was felt in this Town. Its duration was, perhaps, two minutes: some think it continued much longer.-The rocking, or, rather jerking was-often repeated and violent. It seemed as if some monstrous weight had rolled, or swung almost out of the power of the force which was restraining it; and that, that power by desperate tugs & efforts wrenched it back again. It went off with a trembling, like the quivering of a vessel at sea, after it has sustained a rugged stroke from an enormous and impetuous wave. A few minutes before 11 o'clock last evening, another shock was felt by many nearly equal in force and violence to that in the morning.
Recommended Citation
"“ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 792.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/792
