“The Earthquake”
Date
1-28-1812
Newspaper
Petersburg Intelligencer
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 3
Newspaper Location
Petersburg, Virginia
Serial Number
1019
Abstract
Report for the January 23, 1812 earthquake from Raleigh, North Carolina, Time of quake was 8;00 am (local time), duration was only a few seconds. Also contained with the report is one from Tennessee describing broken chimneys and a subsidence on the Piney river. Location of the damage in Tennessee is unknown
Transcript
RALEIGH, (N. C.) January 24. THE EARTHQUAKE--A letter has been received in this city, from a gentleman 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 33th 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. 989.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/989
