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Earthquake Sounds heard at Great Distances

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MR. THOMSON'S report with regard to the sounds proceeding from the New Zealand Earthquake of June 17, 1929, is of great interest.

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  1. Int. Research Council. Commission on Solar and Terrestrial Relationships. 2nd report, 117; 1929.

  2. NATURE, 111, 187; 1923; 118, 309; 1926.

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WHIPPLE, F. Earthquake Sounds heard at Great Distances. Nature 124, 688 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124688a0

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