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DURING the third quarter of 1944, fifty-eight earthquakes and tremors were recorded at Toledo, Spain, while during the same quarter twenty-six strong earthquakes were recorded at the Dominion Observatory, Wellington, New Zealand. The earthquake of October 29 was felt with Scale 5 (modified Mercalli) in the southern parts of North Island and Taumarunui; the shock of November 25 was felt at Karamea with Scale 4 and that of December 24 was felt at Timaru with Scale 3 intensity. The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey determined the epicentres of several shocks which occurred during the quarter. On October 23 the epicentre was in Ecuador, South America; on December 7 (lat. 33° N., long. 137° E.) off Japan; on December 10 in the New Hebrides Islands and on December 12 in the Aleutian Islands.
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Recent Earthquakes. Nature 155, 450 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155450b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155450b0