EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.
OBSERVATORY RECORD.
240 MILES FROM WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, Monday. An earthquake was felt in Wellington at 1.30 p.m. to-day. At the Dominion Observatory the seismological instruments recorded a 40-eecond interval between two shocks which were part of the same earthquake. The origin was probably deep-seated and about 240 miles distant from Wellington.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 239, 8 October 1940, Page 9
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53EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 239, 8 October 1940, Page 9
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