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Earthquake Sounds heard at Great Distances

Nature volume 124, pages 687–688 (1929)Cite this article

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THE severe earthquake which occurred in New Zealand on June 17, 1929, was remarkable for the great distance at which the sounds which accompanied the shock could be heard.

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    ANDREW THOMSON

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THOMSON, A. Earthquake Sounds heard at Great Distances. Nature 124, 687–688 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124687a0

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