VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE
Rec. 2 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 26. The most violent earthquake shock ever recorded in Britain put the seismograph at West Bromwich out of action at 6.8 p.m. yesterday. The tremors were so numerous that tnere was no hope of making a complete record, the levers of the recording instrument being thrown out of their sockets.
The director of the Lisbon Observatory said the shock was the most severe for 186 years. In Lisbon many people rushed from buildings. The earthquake was recorded in Australia at four o'clock (Auf»- 'ian time) this morning. Recc instruments oscillated for five hours.
Another Lisbon message says the epicentre of yesterday's great earthquake is believed to be about 500 miles off the Portuguese coast. Another tremor was felt in Lisbon this morning.
It was stated Trom Wellington last night that what was obviously a large shock at a very considerable distance from New Zealand was recorded at the Government Observatory at about 6.30 a.m. yesterday and continued for several hours. The records will be examined to-day, until when it will not be possible to place the approximate location of the disturbance. However, it was stated that it would not be felt in New Zealand.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 281, 27 November 1941, Page 7
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