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DURING the third quarter of 1948, twenty-eight strong earthquakes were registered in New Zealand at auokland, Arapuni, Christchurch, New Plymouth, Kaimata, Tuai and Wellington. In addition, 61 local shocks and tremors have been recorded. the strongest of these latter was felt with Mooined Mocifted Mercalli Scale 6 in the southern part of South Island and especially at Monowai on July 14. The earthquakes of July 12 and 23 in the same region and that on September 6 at Opotiki were all felt with Scale 5.
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Recent Earthquakes. Nature 163, 542–543 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163542a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/163542a0