The late earthquake.
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Additional Particulars.--The earthquake experienced at
Cincinnati, and other places at the
West, on Saturday morning, 31st ultimo, was felt at
Washington at 5:22 A. M. There were two marked shocks, each in succession of long waves of slight elevation, apparently proceeding from south to north.
A correspondent of the National Intelligencer says:
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The interval between the shocks was perhaps five second.
They were accompanied by the usual tumbling noise, and were sufficiently sever to rock the water sewer in its basin and jar the furniture of the chamber.
The sound of the earthquake through the air continued audibly some seconds after the tremor had ceased.
To one who had experienced several hundred analogous phenomena or nearly every degree of violence, that on Saturday was unmistakable.
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A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times says:
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An earthquake at
Branch Hill, in
Miami Valley, twenty miles east of
Cincinnati, on Saturday morning, August 31st, at 12 minutes past 5 o'clock, was so severe as to shake the house, cause the windows to rattle, and wake the sleepers by the motion of their beds.
After the first severe shock, there was almost a total cessation of the vibratory motion for a few seconds, when it was resumed with less violence, terminating in a slight tremor, the whole duration one minute or more.
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The Times add:
The shock alluded to, was felt in about the same degree at College
Hil, seven miles northwest of
Cincinnati.
Also, at
Glendale, fifteen miles north; one man stating it as his impression that the heavy rumbling immediately preceding the shock, or during the time it occurred, continued for almost a minute; while another resident of the same place said it could not have been more than seven or eight seconds in duration.
The shock, shaking the beds and making the windows rattle, was very distinctly felt and heard in this city.
On N t.
Adams, in the northeastern part of the city a rumbling was heard and a vibration was felt, of a few seconds' duration.
