ORIGIN OFF COAST.
SECOND 'QUAKE AT 5.23. PROBABLY IN MURCHISON AREA. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Instruments at the Kelburn Observatory show that the earthquake thi3 morning obviously was one of considerable amplitude. The oscillations continued for more than an hour. Preliminary calculations point to the centre of origin being off the East Coast, about six degrees from Wellington, and north-east of the centre of the great earthquake on February 3. A further shake of lesser intensity was recorded at 5.23 a.m. It is calculated that it was 127 miles from Wellington, probably in the Murchison area.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 106, 7 May 1931, Page 9
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