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OF the first three months of 1947, January was by far the most seismic. During January there were seven world-recorded earthquakes, besides minor shocks in many parts of the earth, including two near Switzerland and nineteen in New Zealand. The Americas, the Aleutian Islands and Japan provided the world-recorded earthquakes, the greatest being on January 26 at lOh. 06.7m. G.M.T. in western Nicaragua. This was a deep-focus earthquake, the focus being approximately 160 km. deep. The first shock near Switzerland was on January 16 at 22h. 30m. G.M.T., and was felt with scale V at Stein am Rhein, and the second was on January 24 at 2h. 30.5m. G.M.T., being felt at Westalpen Savoie, France. Nineteen local earthquakes and tremors were felt in New Zealand, the greatest being on January 10 at 16h. 08.8m. G.M.T. from 46.5° S., 164° E., which was felt with Modified Mercalli Scale IV at Puysegur Point.
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Recent Earthquakes. Nature 159, 771 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159771c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/159771c0