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Kōrero: Historic earthquakes

Recording the Īnangahua earthquake

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Recording the Īnangahua earthquake

Although centred in the South Island, the 1968 Īnangahua earthquake was the largest to be felt in Wellington for many years. Mrs C. E. Lock, technician at the Seismological Observatory in Wellington, points to the ink from the seismograph, which splattered over the desk when the quake sent it off the scale.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1968/2210/17

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Eileen McSaveney, Historic earthquakes – The 1968 Īnangahua earthquake, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4523/recording-the-inangahua-earthquake (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 November 2017.