AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 228, 26 September 1929, Page 9

AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.

MINOR SHOCKS CONTINUE. STUDY BY. SCIENTIST. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, this day. The after shocks of the Murchison earthquake, which still continue, have been the subject of an interesting study by Dr. Barnett, of the Department of Scientific Research. His conclusion? were demonstrated at last night's meeting of the Wellington Philosophical Society by means of lantern slides, Mr. H. T. Femar, acting-Director of Geological Survey, adding the necessary explanations. The epicentres of 150 or more aftershocks were found by Dr. Barnett to group themselves along certain definite fault lines in the neighbourhood of Murchison. Many of these epicentres are along the White Creek fault or in its immediate neighbourhood, while some are along the fault line running along the coast near the Whitecliffs submarine upheaval. The general conclusion to be drawn is that in the " settling down " process a number of geological faults are involved, although the big earthquake itself may have been caused by a movement along only one or two faults. Dr. Barnett's results are obtained by plotting seismograph records made by instruments at Wellington and Christchurch.