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Volume 37, 1904
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Record of Milne Seismograph No. 20, at Wellington, from January, 1903, to December, 1903 (Inclusive).

Latitude, 41° 17′ S.; longitude, 174° 47′ E. Greenwich mean civil time. Midnight, 0 h. or 24 h.; hours, 1 to 24. Time in hours, minutes, and tenths, and minutes.

P.T., preliminary tremors. A.T., after-tremors. B., E., beginning and end of vibrations generally not less than 2 mm. Amp., full amplitude in millimetres.

The instrument is placed in a special room below a house standing about 30 ft. from the edge of a rocky cliff about 50 ft. high, situated about 250 yards from the shore-line of Wellington Harbour.

George Hogben, Observer.

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Date. P T. (from) B. Maxima Amp. E. A.T. (till) B.P. Remarks.
From To
1903. Mm. Secs.
Jan. 14 2.04.8 2.31.2 2.38.8 16.5 4 43.6
" 17 16.29.0 16.32.3 16.59.8 4.0 17.44.4
Feb. 28 10.14.9 10.30.3 10.34.9 1.0 10.47.2
April 10 15.16.6 15.20.8 1.5 15.27.8
" 29 3.08.4 3.45.0 3.57.9 4.15.2 4.17.8 4.22.2 4.48.3 11.2 6.28.8
May 13 6.34.1 6.42.3 or 6 48.7 6.58.0 7.0 8.06.3 10.40.6
" 31 6.32 5 6.35.9 6.39.1 3.5 6.52.1
June 8 5.31.9 5.46.1 5.49.1 1.5 6.39.1
" 10 16.48.5 16.56.4 17.00.5 1.5 17.19.8
1904.
Mar. 26 15.08.1 15.08.5 15.08.9 2.0 15.10.6 15.18.7 15.5 Felt at Invercargill and Dunedin (R.F.W.).
April 23 11.57.5 11.58.5 1.0 11.59.9 16.7
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May 1 6.24.4 6.40.0 6.41.8 6.48.1 7.5 6.54.2 9.20.0 16.4 P.T. and A.T. obscured by tremors.
" 1 15.46.2 16.02.1 16.02.5 16.15.9 4.0 16.22.6 16.59.3 16.4P.T. and A.T. obscured by tremors.
" 1 23.36 0 or 23.39.6 23.57.3 23.58.4 1.9 24.03.8 24.34.5 16.4 P.T. and A.T. obscured by tremors.
" 19 13.23.0 13.49.0 13.51.7 1.6 13.56.4 (?) 16.3 " "
June 18 6.20.8 6.30.5 6.39.1 1.2 6.44.7 7.51.8
" 25 15.14.8 15.45.0 16.05.9 1.0 16.09.8 17.42.5 16.1
" 25 21.29.8 21.59.7 22.06.5 22.19.8 2.0 22.27.5 24.12.0 16.1
" 26 20.00.1 20.17.8 20.20.8 20.22.4 0.6 20.22.9 21.57.0 16.1
" 27 0.32.5 1.09.4 1.30.5 1.35.5 1.6 1.43.0 3.11.5 16.1
July 23 0.55.4 1.02.4 1.09.3 1.14.8 5.4 1.17.0 (?) 16.0 A.T. obscured by tremors.
Aug. 14 2.54.1 2.56.0 2.57.0 2.58.0 3.8 3.07.0 (?) EQ. at Waipawa, &c. East Coast origin.
" 18 5.01.8 5.12.8 5.15.9 3.6 5.18.1 5.39.0
" 24 21.18.0 21.42.5 21.43.8 1.5 21.51.5 (?) 16.0 A.T. obscured by EQ. East Coast origin.
" 27 21.48.0 or 21.58.1 22.01.2 22.14.5 22.31.9 1.6 22.37.3 23.47.3 16.0 Time (?).
Sept. 13 17.16.1 17.17.0 17.23.4 17.25.1 5.0 17.27.3 18.17.7 17.2
" 15 16.31.2 16.32.4 16.35.9 16.40.9 0.6 16.41.9 16.49.8 17.2
" 25 14.36.5 14.39.2 14.41.3 14.54.1 13.5 14.57.2 15.45.8 17.2
Oct. 3 4.06.5 4.18.5 4.23.7 1.0 4.26.2 4.51.2 17.0
" 4 0.10.1 0.11.6 0.12.6 1.5 0.15.6 0.20.7 17.0
" 7 7.19.7 8.01.1 8.02.7 (?) 25.5 (?) (?) 16.9 Case opened while EQ. in progress.
" 9 13.59.1 14.00.4 1.2 14.02.5 14.56.0 16.9
" 11 9.55.1 9.56.3 0.6 9.59.2 16.8
About
" 16 5.30.3 5.41.6 5.45.9 0.5 5.52.0 6.15.0 16.8
About
" 19 3.18.0 3.24.0 0.5 3.25.9 3.35.0 16.8
" 28 14.15.6 14.26.5 14.31.8 4.1 14.38.9 15.07.0 17.0
Nov. 21 3.01.5 3.15.3 3.17.4 3.32.0 3.1 3.34.9 4.31.3 17.2
Dec. 2 3.08.9 3.10.9 3.12.3 3.16.4 1.5 3.19.5 3.53.2 17.2
" 11 9.16.1 9.19.2 9.24.5 9.32.6 1.8 9.35.5 (?) 17.1 A.T. obscured by tremors