Over twenty earthquakes have hit Hawaii today. The USGS has a map.
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Earthquake List for Map Hawaii
Update time = Sun Oct 15 18:00:13 UTC 2006
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The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3, along with several aftershocks, including one measuring a magnitude of 5.8.
Blakeman said there was no risk of a Pacific-wide tsunami, but a possibility of significant wave activity in Hawaii.
On Hawaii Island, also known as the Big Island, there was some damage in Kailua-Kona and landslide along a major highway, said Gerard Fryer, a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Center.
Officials were concerned there may be "structural integrity" problems at the big hospital in Kona in the Big Island, Lingle said. New patients were being accepted, but kept outside.
Betsy Garties, who lives in North Kohala, on the northern tip of Hawaii Island said she was lying in bed with one of her two young children when the quake struck.
"First I heard a rumbling. Then the house started to shake. Then broken glass," Garties said. She first stood under a door frame as safety experts advise, then found that too wobbly for comfort and ran into the yard.
"It was strong enough that it was wobbling, so you almost lost your balance running out into the yard," Garties said. "The house was visibly rocking."
Peggy Cardoza, an assistant manager at a fast food restaurant in Hilo, said she was at work when the earthquake struck.
"We just felt the ground shaking," Cardoza said. "We just stood here and watched everything shake."
Power at least partially knocked out on every island, said Civil Defense spokesman Lani Goldman. On Oahu, 95 percent of customers were without power, he said.
Authorities said some of the power outages may have been due to heavy rainfall.
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Back to USA map UPDATE 12:52 PM PDT: --Hawaiian airports operating on auxilliary power. UPDATE 1:37 PM PDT: --Fred Hemmings, Hawaii State Senator, reports the earthquake has been upgraded to magnitued 6.6 or about ten nuclear bombs. --Royal Kona Resort reports major damage, staff evacuated. --Mayor asking people to stay off the roads. Communications problems making it hard to get damage assessments. Stay off the phones. Emergency call only. --Main highway connecting west and central Maui closed. --Residents comparing it to the Northridge, CA quake, one of the worst in California history. --Kona Hospital reports major structural damage. Evacuations underway. --Power outage on Oahu is Islandwide. --Hamakua Coast, Highway 19, damaged. --Kohala Hospital ceiling damage, patients being moved to the dining room. --Honoapi'lani Highway closed from falling boulders. UPDATE 2:00 PM PDT: --Cruise ships being asked to keep passengers onboard. Airports are on auxilliary power and flights are delayed or cancelled. --Governor Lingle signs Federal Disaster Declaration according to Ray Lovell, State Civil Defense. --Residents of Makakilo asked to conserve water. --Customers limited to cash or check, no credit cards can be processed. --Hotels are facing food preparation problems for their guests. Honolulu hotels and resorts have no electricity or gas. --Outbound passengers discouraged from going to the airport. --Safeway roof collapse cause injury. Evacuations. --Hamakua Hospital evacuating patients due to fire main break and flooding. --Honolulu Airport, no flights in or out. --Major problems will be Hawaiian isolation with limited resources and no way to replenish supplies in less than four or five days.
--Bloggers providing many of the early reports. Go Bloggers!
--Major tourist hotels reporting their buildings swaying, rocking, and shaking. Books tumble from shelves, windows rattling and/or breaking.
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