The
Centinel (
Gettysburg
,
Pennsylvania
) January 1 1812
Submitted
by Nancy Piper
Chillicothe
, Dec. 21
An
Earthquake
On
the night of the 16th inst., at 2 o’clock and 15 minutes, three
successive shocks of an Earthquake was felt in this town.
They caused considerable alarm.
Their continuance was about 2 minutes and were so violent
as to make the houses shake, as though they were ready to totter
to the ground. At 3
o’clock and 4 minutes we were visited with another shock,
preceded with a subterraneous sound, resembling that of distant
thunder, but which was not quite so violent as the first shock.
Its continuance was about one minute.
Forty and forty-five minutes after 3 we had a slight
movement of the earth. At
7 o’clock and 16 minutes we had two pretty violent shocks which
caused the water in the streets to lash from side ot side.
Continuance about 2 minutes.
At 8 o’clock and 5 minutes there was a tolerable hard
shock. At 10 o’clock and 8 minutes – slight – On the 17th, a
half after 11 o’clock, A.M. we experienced a slight shock which
was of short duration. From
the best information which we had relative to the course from
whence these shocks proceeded, and from personal observation of a
small pool of water, (at 7 o’clock in the morning) which lay
immediately opposite the office door, it plainly appeared to wave
from East to West. There
has been no damage done this town that has been heard of.
We are informed, that the above shocks have been generally
felt throughout this neighborhood. – Supporter.
On
Monday morning last, about three o’clock, the citizens of this
town were greatly alarmed by the shock of an earthquake; a number
of persons from the shaking of their houses, were so much alarmed
as to jump out of bed. About 7 o’clock, the same morning, there
was another shock, though not so violent as the first.
–
Pittsburg
, Dec. 20, 1811
The
Centinel (
Gettysburg
,
Pennsylvania
) January 15, 1812
St.
Clairsville, Dec. 21, 1812
Earthquake
Last
Sunday night, about two o’clock a tremulous motion of the earth
was sensibly felt by several persons in this place.
At
Wheeling
this motion was much more violent.
It was felt for about ten minutes, and the concussion was
so great, that the top of Mr. Knox’s house was thrown down; and
in Mr. Graham’s a brick parilon?
Was moved several inches. It
was likewise felt at Charleston, and was there, as well as at
Wheeling, experienced in houses near the river more sensibly than
in those more remote. About
seven o’clock on Monday morning, a slight motion of the same
kind was perceived.
Pittsburgh
, Dec. 17
By
accounts from
Meadville
and
Waterford
, we are informed that several shocks of an Earthquake were felt
at those places on Monday morning the 16th inst., at the same time
of those experienced here. At
Meadville the one which happened at 3 o’clock was so sensible
felt, that many persons were awakened by the rocking of their
beds, and the tremulous motion continued from 10 to 15 minutes –
the one at 8 o’clock was nearly as severe, but did not continue
so long – the tops of trees near the town were seen to vibrate
for about a minute, and the puddles of water in the streets
appeared in waves as if a sudden blast of wind had passed over
them. On Tuesday
about the middle of the day, a third shock was felt, but was
slighter than the others.
