Talk:1934 Pahiatua earthquake

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Fatalities[edit]

The article currently states that there were two fatalities, contradicting the GeoNet source, which say that there were none. As the supporting source for the deaths is a blog, it would be good to have this supported by a better source. The few contemporary newspaper reports that I've been able to find did not mention any deaths. Mikenorton (talk) 10:56, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

After further digging around, it appears that the two fatalities were due to heart attacks in people with existing heart conditions and these are regarded as indirect casualties - see this source. I'll reword the section accordingly. Mikenorton (talk) 11:28, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]