SEVERE EARTHQUAKE.
ARTICLES SHAKEN DOWN. WHAKATAXE EXPERIEXCE. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WHAKATAXE, this day. Following a series of earth tremors experienced in this district of late, a most severe shock occurred about 5.30 this morning. It was of sufficient intensity to cause small articles to drop from shelves. The shock woke hundreds of people, and an Oliope resident described the motion as being of a long steady swing from east to west. A low rumble accompanied the 'quake, which occurred in three distinct shakes, the lesser ones trailing off until they were hardly perceptible. White Island, from which direction the 'quake apparently came, was this morning observed to be particularly active, the usual steam plume being dense and reaching an approximate height of 700 or SOO feet. There also appeared to be a. definite movement in the seat of tlie usual activity, and the centre of the column is rising from a point more to the south.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 162, 10 July 1940, Page 3
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