“Another Earthquake’
Date
2-11-1812
Newspaper
Petersburg Intelligencer
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 1
Newspaper Location
Petersburg, Virginia
Serial Number
1027
Abstract
Felt report for the February 7, 1812 earthquake from Richmond, Virginia. time of the earthquake was 3:55 am(local time) duration was between one to two minutes. Persons reported between 2 and 4 shocks. Caused beds to sway, objects to vibrate. It was accompanied by a rumbling noise that sounded like a wagon being moved by the writer. The earthquake was characterized as being the strongest one felt at Richmond. Only damage noted was the falling of on chimney where Judge Roane lived.
Transcript
RICHMOND, February 8. ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE. Was felt in this City, yesterday morning, (the 7th,) about 5 minutes before 4 o'clock. The undulation was more powerful than any we have ever felt. Several persons were waked from their sleep-the bed steads rocked like cradles-pendulous bodies vibrated; and every thing that was susceptible of a moderate degree of motion, was heard or felt to tremble under the convulsions of our "parent earth." We felt the shock between 1 and 2 minutes.-Some persons distinctly discerned two shocks; others three and four-The duration deemed to vary to different persons. There appeared a rumbling noise, like the motion of wagons over a pavement to the North East. A part of the chimney in the house, tenanted by Judge Roane, was tumbled upon the roof. The vibration appeared to us to be North and South.
Recommended Citation
"“Another Earthquake’" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 997.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/997
