EARTHQUAKE LOCATION
SEISMOGRAPH IC RECORD THREE HUNDRED MILES AT SEA [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Friday The origin of the earthquake last evening was revealed by the Kelburn seismographs to bo 300 miles from Wellington, deep-seated and of an intensity of three to four on the EossiFarel scale. Probably it was in the same spot as that of May 24. Two shocks were recorded at 3.17 and 3.21 a.m. They were about 40 miles away and might have been a trigger action which was part of an earlier and major shake.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22468, 11 July 1936, Page 12
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91EARTHQUAKE LOCATION New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22468, 11 July 1936, Page 12
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