EARTHQUAKE AT SAMOA.
A yiOLENT EECPTION. PROBABLT IN THE SOI_O__ONS. The steamer Katanga, which arrived from the Eastern Pacific on Saturday, reports that the Savaai volcano at Samoa has been unusually active of late. A severe earthquake was felt in the group at the end of January. the seismograph in Mulinuu has registered several severe earthquake shocks lately, tin. whole of them being within a few miles of the group. The shocks recorded were on the following dates: 31st December, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14th of January. On Wednesday, the 19th nit., a violent eruption •occurred, which lasted for a space of about 60 minutes. We hear from the Observatorium that the centre of the shock was probably in the Solomons.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19100214.2.97
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 38, 14 February 1910, Page 8
Word Count
122EARTHQUAKE AT SAMOA. Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 38, 14 February 1910, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in