STRONG QUAKE RECORDED
Received Monday, 10.15 a m NEW YORK, Sept. 29. The Fordham University seismograph recorded a strong earthquake, probably in the South-West Paciflc, last night at 10.21 p.m. New York standard time. It ds estirnated that the 'quake was 8,700 miles away. The vibrations continued for about three hours. The shake was recorded at the Dominion Observatory, Wellington, beginning at 3.9 p.m. It was oue of the largest recorded for some time and lasted three and a-half hours. The centre is believed to be about 2800 miles from Wellington. 'mere have been several slight shocks since.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHRONL19460930.2.26
Bibliographic details
Chronicle (Levin), 30 September 1946, Page 5
Word Count
98STRONG QUAKE RECORDED Chronicle (Levin), 30 September 1946, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Chronicle (Levin). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in