Christchurch has been shaken, occasionally, by earth tremors, but never seriously disturbed. Both seismologists and Civil Defence officials believe the city has “been extremely lucky.” They want people to realise it could happen here. “The Press” reporter, CLAY HASWELL, was living at the beach of Los Angeles when an earthquake hit that city in 1971 and 65 people were killed. He remembers the shaking, the silence, and the crash of a tidal wave which stopped about 50ft short of his apartment. And in 1973, he visited Managua, Nicaragua, shortly after an earthquake killed 12,000 His hometown of Anchorage, Alaska, was destroyed by an earthquake on Good Friday, 1964.
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Press, 15 September 1976, Page 21
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