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NINE strong distant earthquakes were registered during October 1948 by the New Zealand seismographs situated at Auckland, Arapuni, Christchurch, Kaimatl, New Plymouth, Tuai and Wellington, according to the report from the Dominion Observatory, Wellington. In addition, eighteen earthquakes and tremors were felt by people in New Zealand during the month. The greatest of these had instrumental strength 4½ and was felt at Dunedin and Monowai on October 9. The next most intense had instrumental strength 4¼, and these were felt on October 16 at Otaki and Wanganui, and on October 29 at Hanmer Springs.
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New Zealand Earthquakes during October 1948. Nature 163, 633 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163633e0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/163633e0