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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Letter from Demarara dated May 18, 1767, reports an earthquake on April 24, 1767, lasting ten minutes with east-to-west vibrations during heavy rain; family fled to fields. Ongoing weekly earthquakes since October 18, 1766, described as a terrible country.
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Extract of a Letter from Demarara, (leeward of Surinam) May 18, 1767.
"On the 24th of April, at 5 in the morning, we were alarmed with another shock of an earthquake, which continued full ten minutes; the motion was from East to West, very quick and vibrating, the weather very heavy rain and calm; my family and I, on the first shock, ran from our bed to the fields, where we remained for some time, awfully frightned, and very wet. This is almost a terrible country, we have had, more or less, Earthquakes every week since the 18th of October last."
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Demarara, Leeward Of Surinam
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24th Of April, 1767; Ongoing Since 18th Of October Last
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Another shock of an earthquake at 5 in the morning, continuing full ten minutes; motion from East to West, very quick and vibrating; weather very heavy rain and calm; family ran from bed to fields, remained frightned and wet. Earthquakes every week since the 18th of October last.