It seems to me that the information in the post below could be of value to someone researching in this area. Leslie K. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sherrie Zabinski To: earlyamerica@mail-list.com Sent: 25 June 2003 The Charleston earthquake, the largest ever on the Eastern Seaboard was on August 31, 1886 and would have register between a 7.5 and an 8. It was massive and as you said, it came not only after the WBTS, but also after 15 hard years of Reconstruction as well. It was a horrible time for the city for almost a 100 years after the WBTS. The name of the fault is the Woodstock Fault, ending in Woodstock, NY. When it struck Charleston it was so powerful that it rang church bells as far North as Philadelphia.