There's no news lijke old news they say anyways these reports feom the 1870's still ring true today
April and June 1870, Swarm in North-eastern NSW
1870 04 10 at 11:20 UTC, Lower Macleay
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser of Thursday 28 April 1870 page 3:
Shock of Earthquake at Macleay River Heads. —On the night of last Sunday, at twenty minutes past nine, a smart shock of an earthquake was experienced at the pilot station, at the heads of this river.
The vibration was sufficiently great to cause the crockery to rattle on the shelves, and to stop a clock.
A shock was also felt on Tuesday, the 5th instant, but it was of so slight a character that it was doubted whether it was a shock.
The one on Sunday night, however, gave such distinct proof, that there can be no doubt as to its having been the shock of an earthquake.—S M. Herald, April 25.
This event seems to have spawned a swarm of small earthquakes in the region.
1870 04 18 at 08:00 UTC, Lower Macleay
Evening News Tuesday 3 May 1870, page 3.
Shock of an Earthquake on the Lower Macleay. (From the Correspondent of the Macleay Herald.)
We have had another shock of an earthquake here.
This makes the third one this month— viz., one on the 5th, another on the 10th, and the last on Monday the 18th, at about 6 p.m.
The second one was felt at Warrell and Freshwater creeks and at Gumma Gumma.
I have not heard how far this one has been felt from here.
The shock came from the S.E., and there was a great deal of thunder and lightning at the time.
The earthquake has raised a very heavy sea.
I cannot account for the heavy sea now rolling in in any other way. On Sunday night, previous to the shock, the sea was smooth, but on Monday morning, although Sunday night was very calm and fine, there was an unusually heavy sea.
Since writing the above I hear that the shock on Monday was felt on the Nambuccra and Deep Creek.
This morning, Friday, April 22, at a little before 6 a. m., just as it was getting daylight, we had two more shocks— one was pretty sharp, the other faint.
They seemed to come from the S.W. The Messrs. Oakes who were down the river at the time felt the shock very plainly. The shock was also felt at Mr. Stewart's ship-building yard, the men running out of the house, imagining from the vibration and noise that one of the vessels had fallen off the ways.
It was reported felt at Long Flat in the Empire Thursday 12 May 1870, page 3
An interesting discussion of the swarm appeared in The Kiama and Shoalhaven Advertiser
Thursday 15 September, 1870, Page 4:
SHOCKS OF EARTHQUAKE ON THE BELLINGER AND NAMBUCCRA RIVERS. Mr.JOHN BRAZIER, corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London, writes to the Macleay Herald, and states that a severe shock of earthquake was felt at Manarm Creek, Bellinger River, on the 24th August, at 2.55 a.m. The house worked, he says, and everything in it rattled.
" The vibration was quick the few seconds it lasted, and the sound was like the passing of a railway train from east to west. At the time the weather was rather cloudy to the eastward, with faint flashes of lightning and wind from the southeast.
…….. If I remember rightly, there were nine or ten shocks felt at the Macleay Heads in July.” ……..
The Nambuccra correspondent of the paper referred to reports four very severe shocks on the night of Tuesday, the 23rd August. They were by far the most severe that have been felt on that river, and they seemed to come from the northwest.
1870 06 18 at least 22 small earthquakes, Lower Macleay
Empire Thursday 7 July 1870, page 3.
NINE SHOCKS OF EARTHQUAKE AT THE MACLEAY HEADS.
Mr. J. B. GARRARD, pilot station, Macleay River, reports : On Saturday, the 18th June, we had three shocks of earthquake ; the first and second shocks were pretty sharp.
The first shock occurred at 11.30 a.m., the second about twenty minutes past 1 p.m., and the third about 5 p.m.
On Sunday, the 12th June, I was not on the pilot station, but my men told me they felt four shocks that day.
To-day, June 23rd, we had a severe shock at ten minutes past 6 p.m., by my time; it stopped my clock, and I think if my house had been a brick one some part of it would have fallen. There was another slight shock at 7 p.m.
The shocks on the 18th were felt on the Nambuccra, Warrel Creek, and other places. A young man named Smith, living on the Nambuccra, stated that the week before last he felt nineteen different shocks during that week.
I don't know whether you feel anything of them; they seem to be confined to this vicinity.
I am inclined to think they have their origin in the Yarrahappini mountains, and living as we do at the foot of these mountains, we feel them most. And the same at the Nambuccra and Warrel Creek, as they lay only at the foot of these mountains.
I should not be surprised if we feel more of them before the night is out.
All the fore and middle part of this day has been very cold, with a strong southerly wind blowing.
Immediately after the first shock, the wind died away nearly calm, and it became quite warm.
Another shock of earthquake, very severe, was experienced at ten minutes to two on Tuesday morning, the 28th instant.
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