“THE EARTHQUAKE”
Date
1-29-1812
Newspaper
The Courier
Page and Column
Page 4, Column 1,
Newspaper Location
Norwich, Connecticut
Serial Number
820
Abstract
Felt report for the December 16, 1811 earthquake from Dayton, Ohio. Time of earthquake was approximately 2:30 am (local time). Afterwards series of shocks that kept ground constantly vibrating and made it impossible for a surveyor to settle his compass.
Transcript
THE EARTHQUAKE. On Monday and Tuesday last, the inhabitants of this place were kept in continual alarm by repeated shocks of an earthquake. The first, and by far the severest shock, was felt between 2 and 3 o'clock on Monday morning. It was so severe as to arouse almost every person in town from his slumbers. Some left their houses in affright, and all were terrified at the unusual phenomenon. The horses and cattle were equally alarmed, and the fowls left their roosts in great consternation. It was not preceded by the usual token of a rumbling noise. The earth must have been in a constant tremor on Monday and Tuesday. A surveyor went out on Monday for the purpose of surveying a road in the neighborhood of this place, but being unable to get the needle to settle, but was obliged to desist. He tried it again on Tuesday with the same effect.
Recommended Citation
"“THE EARTHQUAKE”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 804.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/804
