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<N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON March 7. An earthquake of the same magnitude as Gisborne’s happened in New Zealand about once every year, the supervisor of the Seismological Observatory (Dr. R. D. Adams) said today. The epicentre of the earthquake on Saturday appeared to have been close to Gisborne, which accounted for the amount of damage reported. He said the earthquake's magnitude, 6.2, was the same as the one 40 miles to sea off Kaikoura last April. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake at Westport in 1962 destroved many chimneys hut did very little other damage. The scale relates to the amount of energy released at the source of the earthquake. A magnitude 8 earthquake is a “world shaker’ like the Alaska and Chile earthquakes. The Napier earthquake was 7jmagnitude.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31003, 8 March 1966, Page 3
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129Every Year Press, Volume CV, Issue 31003, 8 March 1966, Page 3
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