EARTHQUAKES AT SEA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 846, 18 June 1910, Page 5

EARTHQUAKES AT SEA.

HEAVY SHOCKS RECORDED AT SYDNEY. _ iv '~—-**,i— J.ZS.' By TclcsrapU—Press Association-Copyright. Sydney, Juno 17. The Riverview seismograph shortly after 4.30 o'clock yesterday commenced tv record which lasted for several hours. It was tho most pronounced yofc recorded by tho instrument. The doublo amplitude of tho waves of the maximum phase was 150 millimetres. The origin of , the disturbance was probably about 600 miles westward of Wellington, New Zealand, at a place where "faulting" seems t<) be going on, as tho distance was identical with those recorded on May 2 and Juno 1, as well as thoso recorded in Juno and December of last year.

A GENERAL DISTURBANCE. REGISTERED BY SEISMOGRAPHS ABROAD. London, June 16. Shocks of earthquake 400 miles distant were recorded at 'Washington; also in England, Spain, and Italy. MORE SEISMOCRAPH DETAILS. BIG' SHOCK IN THE PACIFIC. ■ (Ree. June 17, 11.30 p.m.) Me.v York, June 17. The seismograph at Washington recorded earthquake shocks lasting 69 minutes. Rome, Juno 17. ; The Italian observatories suggest that the earthquake occurred in the Pacific. ....... .;