LXIV. An account of the earthquake in the west parts of Cornwall, July 15th 1757

Abstract

On Friday the 15th of July, 1757. a violent shock of an earthquake was felt in the western parts of Cornwall. The thermometer had been higher than usual and the weather hot, or calm, or both, for eight days before; wind east and north-east. On the 14th in the morning, the wind shifting to the south-west, the weather calm and hazy, there was a shower.