TAUPO SHAKES.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 June 1922, Page 5

TAUPO SHAKES.

INCREASED SEVERITY. I ■ By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, June 26. A telegram from Taupo on Sunday states that, after a lull of comparative quietness Taupo, Wairekei and Oruanui were severely shaken by earthiiuakes during last night and this morning. The shocks surpassed in violence those of last Sunday night and were quite the worst experienced since the earthquakes began nearly seven weeks ago. Between half past twelve and half past one this morning there were no fewer than 20 or 30 very severe shakes, 1 besides many minor ones, the rate be- • ing about one a minute. At times the houses rocked about like boats, and some glassware which fell from shelves was broken. After half past one the earthquakes gradually slackened off and shortly after nine o’clock when people were thinking they were going to have a quiet day, the two most severe earthquakes of the whole period occurred. The first was at 9.10 a.m. and the second at 9.13; the first lasted about half a minute and the second a minute; they shook buildings so violently that lamps suspended from the ceilings swung, and various loose articles tumbled from the shelves. After these two shocks the earthquakes decreased in number and severity, and up to 11 p.m. only small ones occurred. QUAKES NOT SERIOUS. VERY QUIET YESTERDAY. Wellington, Last Night. A message received from Professor Marsden at Rotorua by the Internal Affairs Department states: “There are no quakes to worry about; very quiet last night and to-day; damage" not at all serious.” •