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DURING April and May, twenty-six strong earthquakes were registered by the instruments at Toledo (Spain), and ten by the seismographs at Wellington, New Zealand. In addition, twenty-five earthquakes were felt by people in some parts of New Zealand. During April 26–June 25, eight epicentres were determined from instrumental evidence by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in co-operation with Science Service and the Jesuit Seismological Association. On April 26 an earthquake originated at lh. 53·9m. G.M.T. from a provisional epicentre at 1° S., 131° E., in western New Guinea. It was registered by the instruments at eleven United States observatories, and also at Toledo and Wellington. An after-shock from the same epicentre had its origin time at 14h. 37·9m. G.M.T. on April 27. This was registered at Toledo and Wellington and was reported from fifteen other stations in the United States, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
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Earthquakes During the Second Quarter of 1944. Nature 154, 439 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154439b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154439b0