MINOR EARTHQUAKE.
“......“ REPORTED IN THE SOUTH. MANY PEOPLE AW’AKENED. Reports from the. southern portion of the North Island and certain parts of the South Island state that a minor earthquake was experienced Early yes—terday morning. being of sufficient intensity as to wake many people‘ In Opotiki. Hastings, \\’anganui. Palmerston NortiL Christchurch and Greymouth the shock was felt, .\'u damage is reported. . FAIRLY DEEP-SEATED. ' ..‘“. _._ ‘ SEISMOGRAPH RECORDING. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) \\'iiiiLiNC-TUN. Monday. The origin of ”'lf‘ carthquakr—n'entm is 281) illllt‘S (may In the vast ni‘ .\'nw 20:11am]. The tremor ocrurrmi .11 Jill la.|n. on Sunday morning it nmn'nurhrd fignro 5 on the rossi—t‘nrcl scale. Examination of the rcrnrd 0n the seismograph at the Dnmininn Observatory indicators showed HIP 'quakc to be fairly (ii‘rp—sontrd. The 05th mated distance is corroborated by the fact that it was felt with Varying in~ tensity over a \\'idc area. 01' the Do—minion.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19894, 25 May 1936, Page 11
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145MINOR EARTHQUAKE. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19894, 25 May 1936, Page 11
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