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DURING January 1945, ten earthquakes were registered at the seismological observatory at Toledo, Spain. The greatest of these was on January 12, when an earthquake, registering initially at 18h. 52m. 01s. G.M.T., developed an amplitude of 50 μ at 19h. 36m. 13s. G.M.T. on the east-west component. The epicentral distance has been provisionally estimated at 12,830 km. During the same month one strong distant earthquake was registered at the Dominion Observatory, Wellington, New Zealand. This was on January 28 at 07h. 37m. 18s. G.M.T. from an epicentral distance of approximately 22°. The shock was also registered at Christchurch, Auckland and Arapuni. In New Zealand there were twelve shocks humanly felt in the Dominion during the month. The greatest of these was on January 2. It was felt with intensity 5 (Modified Mercalli Scale) in the North Island, south of Wairo Taupo and Wanganui. On January 1 a shock was also felt at Wairo with intensity 5 (Mod. Mer.). The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, in co-operation with Science Service and the Jesuit Seismological Association, has determined the provisional epicentre of the earthquake of January 12 to be near lat. 34° N., long. 139° E., which is off the coast of Japan, to the south of Tokyo.
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Recent Earthquakes. Nature 156, 79 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156079b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/156079b0