Sunday, October 15, 2006

Big Island was hit by a 6.6 magnitude quake.

The Correct information:

First Quake Hit at: October 15, 2006 7:07 AM with a 6.6 Magnitude at
10 Miles NNW of Kailua Kona, Hawaii.
http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/hi/STORE/Xtwbh_06/ciim_display.html

This is a large earthquake this year since 1990. So lots of people are a bit scared and are in emergency mode. The quake however is not strong enough to produce any tidal wave. However, the State Civil Defense system did issue a warning message at 7:12am indicating that no tsunami was generated from the earthquake.

At 11:28am Honolulu Airport do not have electricity so all flights leaving Oahu is closed. On Kauai the Lihue airport is fully operational and no delays.

Sunday earthquake felt on Kauai.

This morning about 7:07 AM we felt the house shake for about 25 seconds. WOw... I though it was something outside shaking the house. But there are an eathquake hitting the islands! So the next minute I quickly went outside to look up into the sky and listen intently to see if I could feel anything else. So I walked around the house to see if see if there is any structural damage to the house. There was none.

I tried to figure out what happen so I checked the internet to see if it was a real earthquake so I logged on to http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/hi/ for the latest information about earthquakes in Hawaii. When I logged on I notice that I was the 4th person reporting on this site if I felt anything.

The information of that was on the website at that time was the first quake hit at: October 15, 2006 7:07:59 HST with a Magnitude of 6.5 . Looks like the quake hit about 12 Miles NW of Kailua Kona, Hawaii.

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Thanks you Ron Wiley that you are here on the air making people feel safe and bring up excellent information to help develop dialog and planning.

All emergency or first responders should take advantage of events such as this to remind ourselves that events like this can affect many people and should prepare ourselves to bring safety, relief and recovery to all of our people.