MORE EARTHQUAKES AT WESTPORT.
W]estport, November 23.
The worst earthquake in the past three months shook Westport at about 3.46 o’clock this morning. * Its corning' was heralded by loud rumblings. Houses were well shaken, with crockery rattling, and, in some cases, falling on the floor. The shake lasted the best part of a minute and. finished . with a very nasty twisting movement; „
Yesterday evening, at about eleven o’clock, a very loud booming' was heard, but no shake accompanied the noise. _ , Miany people are nervous as a result of this morning’s shaike,.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40028, 26 November 1929, Page 2
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91MORE EARTHQUAKES AT WESTPORT. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40028, 26 November 1929, Page 2
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