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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Severe earthquake hit Grenada on October 21, 1766, lasting 2 minutes with no initial damage reported. Later accounts describe shattered stone buildings, two more shocks on October 24 causing no harm, and the quake felt in St Vincent, Curacao, and devastatingly in Trinidad, altering its landscape.
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"We have had this morning, at 5 o'clock, a severe shock of an earthquake, which lasted about 2 minutes. The houses shook so much that, if I had been in a brick or stone one, I should certainly have quitted it; however, it has done no damage that I have heard of. The morning was extremely clear and serene, without the least breath of air, perceptible at the time of the shock."
A later account from Grenada informs that several stone buildings, on plantations in the country, were shattered by the earthquake on the 21st of October. That on the 24th of that month, at night, two other smart shocks were felt there, without doing any hurt. That it was also felt in the islands of St Vincent and Curacao, at the very moment it happened there. And that at the island of Trinidad it was dreadful beyond description. It was reported that the face of the whole island was totally changed, whole mountains being levelled, and that the earth was so strongly agitated as to make it impossible for a person to stand.
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Grenada
Event Date
October 21, 1766
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several stone buildings on plantations shattered; two smart shocks on october 24 did no hurt; felt in st vincent and curacao; in trinidad, face of island totally changed, mountains levelled, earth agitated strongly making standing impossible.
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Extract of a letter from a Gentleman in Grenada dated October 21, 1766, reports a severe shock at 5 o'clock lasting about 2 minutes; houses shook violently but no damage heard of; morning clear and serene. Later account: shocks felt in St Vincent and Curacao at the same moment; in Trinidad dreadful beyond description.