EARTHQUAKES AT TAUPO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18591, 27 June 1922, Page 4

EARTHQUAKES AT TAUPO

SEVERE TREMORS. i A NERVE-RACKING EXPERIENCE. (Pi* United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 26. A telegram from Taupo on Sunday states that after a lull of comparative quietness, Taupo, Wairekei, and Oruanui were severely shaken by earthquakes during last night and this morning. The shocks surpassed in violence those of the previous Sunday night, and were quite the Worst experienced since the earthquakes began nearly seven weeks ago. Between half-past 12 and half-past 1 this morning there were no fewer than 20 or 30 very severe shakes, besides many minor ones, the rat© being about one a minute. At times bouses rocked about like boats, and some glassware fell from shelves and was broken. After half-past 1 the earthquakes gradually slackened off. Shortly after 9 o’clock, when the people were thinking they were going to have a quiet day, the most severe earthquakes of the whole period occurred. The first was at 9.10 a.m., the second at 9.13. Tho first lasted about half a minute, the second a minute. They shook the buildings so violently that lamps suspended from the ceilings swung and various loose articles tumbled from the shelves. After these two shocks the earthquakes decreased in number and severity, and up to 11 p.m. only email ones occurred. WELLINGTON, Juno 26. A message received from Professor Marsden at Rotorua bv the Internal Affairs Department states that there were no earthquakes to worrv about. It was very quiet last night and to-day. The damage is not at all serious. '