Earthquake in Hawaii

[colorcountry]

Son just called. Does anyone know anything?

[Species8472]

Destructive Earthquakes in Hawaii County Since 1868 *

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            Epicenter      Maximum        No of
   Date     Location       Intensity Mag  Deaths    Damage

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03 28 1868  Southern Hawaii   IX     7.0    0  Extensive-Southern Hawaii.
04 02 1868  Southern Hawaii   XII    7.9   81  >100 houses destroyed, tsunami
10 05 1929  Hualalai          VIII   6.5    0  Extensive-Kona
08 21 1951  Kona              VIII   6.9    0  Extensive-Kona
04 26 1973  North of Hilo     VIII   6.2    0  Extensive-Hilo, $5.6M
11 29 1975  Kalapana feature  VIII   7.2    2  Extensive-Hilo, $4.1M
11 16 1983  Kaoiki            IX     6.7    0  Extensive-Southern Hawaii, >$6M
06 25 1989  Kalapana          VII    6.2    0  Southeast Hawaii almost $1M

[streetpreacher]

;-)

[CajunConservative]

The HI governor was actually staying in the Mauna Lani when it happened. According to the live stream. She is really on the job.

[ShandaLear]

My brother lives in Hilo. Just heard from him and he and his wife are fine, there cats are freaking out, though. He said it was the strongest one he felt there.

[mfccinsd]

She may be saying that based on the earthquake list on the USGS just for near the big island. She was on that page earlier showing caps from the visual part of the same page. I'm thinking she used the "20 earthquakes" not using 'aftershocks' or something, which could make it sound like all have been as big as the first two.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/HI2/19.21.-157.-155_eqs.php

I've been alternating from this list to the whole visual map of the entire state, since the list here is for the areas nearest the first quakes, and not showing those on the other islands, so using the map and those other lists to see those additional quakes.

[oceanview]

this must be a tough place to organize a relief effort - the highway infrastructure doesn't seem too robust, rockslides can block alot of access for emergency vehicles et al. they are going to need alot of helicopter lift capabilities, I hope they have it.

[kingu]

Earthquake - trying to find out how the folks at the powwow are doing.

[cgk]

Well I hope so - (and I wish that meant something! I went through Northridge and had to move out of my building, which was next to I-10 which also fell.) Prayers for all in the area.

[SamAdams76]

I wonder if there couldn't be a very long suspension bridge built between San Francisco and Honolulu. At least a four-lane. I know this would be very expensive and time consuming to build but it would be very impressive! It would put the Golden Gate bridge to shame.

Then all the islands of Hawaii could be connected by bridges and tunnels, giving everybody on the islands access to this super bridge to San Francisco.

Of course, you would have to build floating rest areas along the way with gas, food and lodging. With 2400 miles separating Honolulu and San Francisco, I'm thinking we would need just 48 of these rest areas (spaced 50 miles apart).

We can do it!

[No Blue States]

So far no reports of injuries or fatalities.
At least yet :)

[Dengar01]

Fox News was reporting "Three Distinct Quakes" in Hawaii today. Right now, they are showing video of people swimming on the beaches.

LOL my dad said that there are people kayaking right now!

[GoBucks2002]

A nanosecond is the amount of time it takes between a natural disaster and a moonbat lib to blame it on Bush.

[SE Mom]

EEeegads! I don't guess I'd be swimming after an earthquake like that...but...they may not know- or there really might not be any tsunami danger..

[No Blue States]

"So far no reports of injuries or fatalities."

Scratch that, some unconfirmed injuries now.

[CAWats]

Right.

[ken5050]

You can write the environmental impact statement..

[streetpreacher]

2400 mile bridge? I wouldn't drive across it.

[Siena Dreaming]

We are in Puna...close to the Volcano.

Felt a sustained shaking but no TV's breaking or anything.

Apparently Kona (on the other side of the island) got it worse.

We felt one aftershock. I had been thinking a couple of days ago that we were in for a quake because we haven't had one for awhile. Usually we get a bit of a shake every month or so. Perhaps the pressure has been building up; thus the larger quake this morning.

Hope that's the end.

[maryz]

Fox said something about earthen dams that must be checked. Anyone know where they are exactly and what specifically they're supposed to do?

Civil defense teams are going out to the more remote villages, some of which are located on slopes.

[Slicksadick]

I haven't heard anyone mention the long run-out landslides that have always occurred in Hawaii, below find a recent mapping...

Landslide

When geologists mapped the Hawaiian Ridge with side-looking sonar in 1988, they found extensive landslide deposits, including the Pololu debris avalanche off the coast of Kohala. A debris avalanches is characterized by a narrow and far-reaching landslide with an amphitheater at its head, large blocks in its mid-section, and a terminus of hummocky terrain. They represent a single episode of rapid failure. The Pololu debris avalanche covers 1,350 square miles (3,500 km2). The amphitheater extends from Waipio Valley to Pololu Valley and starts near Kohala's rift zone. It produced a bite in the coast line about 12 miles (20 km) long and 1.2 miles (2 km) inland. The landslide extends 425 feet (130 m) offshore. The landslide occurred a little more than 370,000 years ago, about when the shield building stage ceased. The stream cut the valley following structural weaknesses produced by the landslide.

As highway 19 continues south towards Hilo it crosses numerous streams and gulches.