LARGE EATHQUAKE.
2ouu MILES NORTH EAST OF SYDNEY. [ PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT.] Sydney, June 27. The Government Observatory reports that an extremely large earthquake was recorded commencing at 12.59 in the afternoon on Thursday. The second phase began at 1.4 p.m. The principal surface waves occurred at 1.16 p.m. These were of enormous amplitude, reaching the greatest intensity very rapidly. The amplitude of the largest was 23i millimetres, considerably in excess of any other tremor ever recorded here. The after tremors continued until 3.7 p.m. and were of a sawtooth pattern. The origin was about 2500 miles from Sydney, probably in the same neighbourhood as the earthquake re corded on May 30th. Melbourne, June 27. The Government Astronomer states that the earthquake recorded was one of the most striking ever taken here. It had probably occurred to the north east of Australia -n the Pacific. PACIFIC LINE OF WEAKNESS. (Received 28, 10.10 a.m.) Sydney, June 28. Father Pigot, of Riverview Observatory, places the seismic centre of the earthquake near the northern end of Tongo, in the Kermadec trough, which runs north north-east of New Zealand and forms a line of great weakness in the bed of the Pacific.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 166, 28 June 1913, Page 5
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197LARGE EATHQUAKE. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 166, 28 June 1913, Page 5
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