’QUAKE IN JAPAN
THIRTY-MINUTE TREMBLES, BUT *NO DAMAGE ORIGIN OUT AT SEA Reed. 9.5 a.m. TOKYO, Thurs. An earthquake was felt here earl* this morning, but there have been no reports of casualties nor of any great damage. The Central Meteorological Observatory said the centre of the activity was probably at sea 75 miles northeast of Tokyo.. The earthquake, which started at 12.58 this morning, registered on seismographs for 30 minutes. It was perceptible to residents in Tokyo for five minutes.
Scientists attribute the ’quake to activity in “outer Tuscartra earthquake. belt.” A Sydney message says in regard to the report of an earthquake at Tokyo, the director of the Riverview Observatory, Sydney, says the record on his seismograph was very small. It indicated that the shock occurred in the vicinity of Japan.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 961, 2 May 1930, Page 9
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133’QUAKE IN JAPAN Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 961, 2 May 1930, Page 9
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