Contact information regarding tsunami's in Hawaii:
Station: Kipapa, Hawaii (UTC-11)
Director: Charles McCreery
Network Affiliation: GEOSCOPE, IRIS/USGS-GSN, Proj. IDA
Address:
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
NOAA/National Weather Service
91-270 Fort Weaver Rd
Ewa Beach, Hawaii 96706
Telephone: 808 689 8207 Open Station: Yes
phone # 808 671-0268
Fax: 808 689 4543
Parent Organization:
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Telex: 7238782
Email: gic@ptwc.noaa.gov
6.3 quake rattles Hawaii
October 15, 2006
By Associated Press
HONOLULU - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck Hawaii early Sunday morning, waking up residents and knocking out power.
The U.S. Geological Survey also reported several aftershocks, including one measuring a magnitude of 5.8. No damage reports were immediately available.
The quake occurred at 7:07 a.m. local time, 10 miles north-northwest of Kailua Kona, a town on the west coast of the Big Island, said Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center, part of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Blakeman said researchers were still trying to ascertain how many aftershocks struck and how large.
Blakeman said there was no risk of a Pacific-wide tsunami, but a possibility of significant wave activity in Hawaii.
The quake occurred about 155 miles to the southeast of Honolulu, the state capital, in Oahu.
http://komonews.com/news/story.asp?ID=45990
My sister-in-law in Waimea (hence my login name) called me in California. She and her family live on the Big Island just about 10 miles from the center. Everyone is okay, but said that all their TVs and refrigerator fell over - lots of glass. Say it's the largest quake they've ever felt (over 50 years. They feel isolated because no power or radio (radio stations and TV from oahu aren't getting through). Also their cell phones and telephones that require power aren't working. Luckily they have one old phone that is working, so I've been forwarding them news.
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