ON NEW ENGLAND EARTHQUAKES. 17 



Decemher 28, 1813, at 4'' P.M., during wet weather, another rumbUng was 

 heard at East Haddam.' 



September 9, 1816, a severe shock was felt at Montreal, and on the sixteenth of 

 the same niontli a second shock of less violence than the former lasted thirty sec- 

 onds. These were hardly felt in central New England.^ 



October 5, an earthquake is reported. Walls were thrown down at Woburn, 

 Massjichusetts.^ 



October 11, 1818, strong shocks were felt along the base of the mountains to 

 the north of Quebec. (Qu. Watckish Mts.) The windows and furniture of the 

 houses were shaken.* 



About the middle oi November, 1819, a slight shock was felt at Montreal, which 

 was followed by a tempest in which rain fell of an inky blackness.® 



At the end of Febriuiry, 1821, a slight shock was felt at Que1)ec, but not noticed 

 in New England." In 1823, May 30, the water rose nine feet in Lake Erie ; a 

 slight shock. ^ 



July 9, 1824, a severe shock was felt at New Brunswick, accompanied by a noise 

 like the discharge of cannon.^ 



October 15, 1826, a violent earthquake was felt at Savannah, in Georgia. 



August 6, 1827, at lO*" P.M., a slight shock was felt in Indiana. And on the 

 twenty-third of tlie same month a shock was felt at New London, Connecticut, 

 accompanied by a noise like the rolling of a heavy wagon, the noise increasing 

 for three or four seconds and then decreasing for an equal time.® 



August 20, 1828, a light shock was felt in some parts of Canada. February 24, 

 1828, a violent shock is reported at Washington and Baltimore ; and on March 9, 

 between lO*" and ll*" P.M., two severe shocks were felt, lasting in aU 30".^" 



In January, 1829, at the beginning of the month a slight sliock is i-eported at 

 Portsmouth, New Hampshire. ^^ 



July 14, 1831, walls and chimneys were thrown down at Murray Bay, Can- 

 ada. ^^ The next year a slight shock was felt at Nova Scotia. 183L 



The shocks were repeated at Murray Bay in March and April. ^^ 1833. 



Ajyril 12, 1837, an earthquake occurred at Hartford, Connecticut, slight, but 

 enough to jar all loose articles, and swing a pendant lamp. In one house a bell 

 rang, and some people ran out of their houses, thinking they were about to fall." 



On Sunday, Aiujust 9, 1840, an earthquake was distinctly felt in many parts of 

 Connecticut. At Hartford the people rushed from the churches. But in New 



1813. 



1816. 



1817. 



1818. 



1819. 



1821. 



1824. 



1827. 



1828. 



1829. 



1837. 



1840. 



* Siniman's Journal, vol. xxxix, p. 339. ^ Columbus, Dec. 1827, s. 197. 



= Joiu-iial des Debats, Janvier 1, 1817. i" Monthly l\Iiigazine, August, 1828, p. 202. December 



'Fi-,lt's Annals of Salem, vol. ii, p. 143. 11, 1828, a shock was felt in Georgia. 



* An iiales de Chimie et de Physique, t. XII, p. 426. Quart- "Preussische Staatszcitung 1829. nr. C2. Von IlofI, 

 erly J mrnal of the Royal Institution, vol. vi, p. 370. Chronik. t. ii, p. 31.5, adds that it occurred in the night. 



'//)-■./, t. XV, p. 422. Ihid, vol. IX, p. 205. '^ Transactions of the Society of Quebec, vol. II, i)p. SS, 



'///.(/, t.XVlll, p. 415. Archives des Decouvcrtes 182'', p. 89, 1831. 



190, only repeats the same as preceding reference. " Transactions of the Geological Society (London), vol. 



' Ti'ansactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society, v, p. 98, note. Murray Bay is the centre of frequent dis- 



New York, vol. ii, p. 1, § 25. turbances. 



' Ibid, 1824, p. 213. Annales de Chiinic et de Physique, t. i' Silliman's Journal, vol. xxxii, p. 339. 

 XXVii, p. 378. 



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