Earthquake Build-Up In Rabaul?

'Rack in November last year the Government Vulcanologist at KabauJ, Tg a Tayter warned of an expected build-up in earthquake FebrZrythis year there were signs that his prophecy was coming *New Britain and parts of the Solomon Islands reported a series of >,ors over a period of more than a fortnight, and some were registered at the Geophysical Observatory in Port Moresby. sAt Rabaul in particular the tremors were strongly felt. One reached xalli Strength 5 (approximately the centre of the overall scale) and i. Buildings shook noticeably for more than a minute, and the cement registered for more than an hour on instruments at the Rabaul damage was confined to broken crockery, a few pipes coming away '^^^TayW^^aid^ter^that Rabaul had been lucky to a certain extent, placed the epicentre of the earthquake at only 150 miles awaya™* va. If it had been only 150 miles away on land the story might have l (The epicentre is on the surface of the earth in a straight line with point of origin of the shock and the centre of the earth).