Today marks 202 years since the second of the great New Madrid earthquakes occurred. The second quake was not as memorable as the December 16, 1811 and the February 7, 1812 earthquakes. It was sort of the middle child of all the events and was outshone by its siblings. Here is an account of the earthquake as it was experienced at Coshockton, Ohio.
Coshockton, Ohio, Jan. 23d, 1812.
MR. EDITOR-This morning, at seventeen minutes past eight o'clock, a severe shake of a earthquake was felt in this place. It lasted nearly a minute; it shook so as to nearly half empty a bucket, standing on the floor, full of water; and the river being frozen over, it caused the ice to crack considerably. A stone chimney in the house of col. Williams in this place, seven by five feet square, solid and well built, was so severely shaken as to cause it to crack in several places; and one or perhaps more brick chimneys in this place have been considerably injured by the shock. I have been informed that several houses in the neighborhood of this place were so shook that much of the chinkin dropt out; and the commotions of the trees and bushes was so great as to cause persons I the woods to observe the phenomenon. The shock was succeeded by a thick haze, and several people were affected with giddiness, although the air was quite serene at the time of the shock. The course of the above shock was from S.W. to N.E. nearly.
A. JOHNSTON.
New Madrid Compendium Item Number 37, Boston Independent Chronicle, February 27, 1812, Page 1, Column 1.
The irony of this article is that is is written by an A. Johnston. However
this gentleman has no relation to our esteemed Director Emeritus Arch Johnston.
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