'QUAKE AT WELLINGTON.
EARLY MORNING SHOCK.
BLENHEIM SHAKEN SEVERELY
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. A sharp earthquake occurred at 1.17 this morning.
Records at tie Dominion Observatory indicate that the origin was between 80 and 90 miles distant from Wellington in a south-westerly direction. This would account for the fact that Blenheim felt the shake fairly severely. The ground during the 'quake was tilted to the south.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 182, 3 August 1932, Page 5
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68'QUAKE AT WELLINGTON. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 182, 3 August 1932, Page 5
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