Meteorological Statistics for 1884 Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1884 Place. January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. December. Total. Woodville 31* 1 Palm'ston N. 31* 1 Hawera 11* 1 Greytown 5* 1 Napier 24 1 Taupo 7* 19*20*21* Gisborne 8 1 Feilding 11* 1 Patea 11* 1 Maaterton 11* 1 Wanganui 7* 6* 2 Wellington 30 6 11*16*25 1,8 5 22 31 10 Blenheim 11,*16,25 2 4 Kaikoura 8* 24 2 Nelson 11* 1 Christch'rch 19 2 11* 8*10* 5 Lincoln 11* 1 Westport 11* 1 Greymouth 11* 31* 2 Lyall 11* 1 Invercargill 20* 1 Bluff 20*1 The figures denote the days of the month on which one or more shocks ware felt. Those with an asterisk affixed were described as smart, those with a dagger as severe shocks. The remainder were only slight tremors, and no doubt escaped record at most stations, there being no instrumental means employed for their detection. These tables are therefore not reliable as far as indicating the geographical distribution of the shocks.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1884-17.2.9.3
Bibliographic details
Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 17, 1884, Page xlvii
Word Count
175Meteorological Statistics for 1884 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 17, 1884, Page xlvii
Using This Item
In-Copyright Materials
In-copyright materials are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. This means that you may copy, adapt and republish this material, as long as you attribute both the author and the Royal Society of New Zealand.
In-copyright taxonomic materials are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution No-Derivatives 4.0 International licence. This means that you may copy and republish this material, as long as you attribute both the author and the Royal Society of New Zealand.
For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this periodical, please refer to the Copyright guide.