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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A letter from St. Pierre, Martinico, dated May 24, 1762, describes a terrifying earthquake the previous night with three shocks, causing no damage but prompting residents to flee their homes.
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'We had a most terrible Earthquake last Night, tho' no Damage has been done; it consisted of three Shocks, each less violent than the other, and at about half an Hour's Distance. I did not quit my Bed, tho' almost thrown out of it by the first Shock, which was very terrible, on Account of the strange rumbling Noise which accompanied it; the Earth trembled violently for five Minutes after it, while the Noise gradually died away. All the French quitted their Houses. I do not exaggerate, when I compare the first Shock of my House to a Chair being pushed violently from you, and as violently drawn back; every Beam in it cracked; but as the House is of Wood, I thought it safer to be still, and depend on the Bed-posts, than to endeavour at an Escape, for I had no Hopes that the Houses would not fall.'
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St. Pierre, In Martinico
Event Date
Last Night, Dated May 24, 1762
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no damage has been done
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A most terrible Earthquake consisting of three Shocks, each less violent than the other, at about half an Hour's Distance. The first Shock was very terrible with a strange rumbling Noise, the Earth trembled violently for five Minutes after. All the French quitted their Houses. The writer's wooden house shook violently with cracking beams, but they stayed in bed.