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FIFTY MILBS FROM TIMARU The southern quake at 5.35 p.m. on Saturday was recorded at the Dominion observatory. It had its centre about 320 miles away, and the provisional 5 estimation from the records places it about 50 miles I'rom Timaru. It was felt all down the coast southward from Akaroa. There has been considerable seismic activity recently in the southern part of New Zealand." The region as a rule is not greatly subject to quakes, comparatively speaking, and this activity has been centred chiefly round Lake Te Anau. The epicentre of this last shock appears to be further north than usual, the south-western area of the South Island generally being the part affected.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 109, 10 May 1943, Page 4
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