RECENT EARTHQUAKE.
» SOUTH ISLAND ORIGIN. Correlated records of an earthquake experienced in the central portion of the Dominion just over a week ago indicate that its origin was probably at Cheviot" (North Canterbury), a fruitful source of earth tremors. It seems to have been very generally felt in the northern part of the South Island as a fairly severe shock, without, however, resulting in any damage. Blenheim and the lighthouse at Farewell Spit .are the two places whose-reports indicate the greatest severity, clocks being stopped,at the •former .place, and people in the theatres at the time being generally alarmed. -Tlie detailed news which has been published during the last few days about the severe shake in the Solomon Islands has been received with much interest at the Government Observatory, where the eeismological instruments provided a very complete record.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 139, 14 June 1926, Page 9
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138RECENT EARTHQUAKE. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 139, 14 June 1926, Page 9
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