BIG EARTHQUAKE RECORDED
POSSIBLE LOCATION OF DISTURBANCE lU.P.A. By Electric Telegraph-Copyright! (Received 9th May. 10.15 a.m.) LONDON. Bth May. A big earthquake which was recorded in the early hours is believed to have occurred fifteen hundred miles from London, possibly in the Atlantic near the Azores Islands, or in the Aegean Sea. The needle swung six inches, the usual swing being approximately half an inch.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 9 May 1939, Page 5
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65BIG EARTHQUAKE RECORDED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 9 May 1939, Page 5
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