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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A severe earthquake struck Bengal in February 1762, causing violent agitations near Calcutta with minimal damage, twelve shocks in Chittagong that destroyed brick buildings and opened the earth, and drying up a river at Burdavan.
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In an extract of a letter from a Gentleman at Fort-William in Bengal, to his friend in London, by the ship Godolphin, just arrived, dated Feb. 17, 1762, we have the following: "We have all been greatly alarmed by one of the most dreadful Phænomena of nature, viz. an earthquake, whereby the whole earth about Calcutta, was in violent agitations for four minutes, but happily very little damage done: at Chittagong, a subordinate to this place, they felt twelve shocks; which shook down all the brick buildings in the place: and near the Factory the earth opened, when water and mud gushed out in great abundance, and there now remains a chasm in the place three or four feet wide. At Burdavan; another subordinate, a large River was entirely dried up by a large bank of Sand, which rose in the middle of the river; the consequence of which was, that in a short time the ancient bed of the river was deserted by its waters, and is now as dry as any part of the country."
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Bengal
Event Date
February 1762
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very little damage in calcutta; all brick buildings destroyed in chittagong; river dried up at burdavan
Event Details
An earthquake caused violent agitations for four minutes around Calcutta with minimal damage. In Chittagong, twelve shocks destroyed brick buildings and opened the earth, gushing water and mud, leaving a three-to-four-foot chasm. At Burdavan, a large river dried up due to a sand bank rising in its middle.