THE CHEVIOT EARTHQUAKE. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
Wellington, February 17. Mr McKay, Government Geologist, in a report on the Cheviot earthquakes, says that there are no means of safeguarding against the effects of earthquakes which may occur in future, as it is quite uncertain what line of fault is next to be affected, and whether or not, as during the recent disturbances, a new line of fracture and upheaval is being formed. His opinion is that there is a probability of more frequent recurrences of greater violence in times to come; also that some of the next earthquake disturbances will be elsewhere than in Cheviot district, and that, as there had been no . serious disturbance of that part of the country for 50 years prior to November last, it is reasonable to conclude a like period will pass before the district is again violently disturbed. The report conoludes thus: "Though on this occasion something further has been added to our information as to behaviour of earthquakes, and although they may be classified, and some of their more proximal causes indicated, tho earthquake as a whole still remains a visitation and a mystery."
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7391, 18 February 1902, Page 2
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191THE CHEVIOT EARTHQUAKE. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7391, 18 February 1902, Page 2
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