M 6.9 - 16km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii

USGS ^ | 0504/18 | USGS

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Big one

[Ciaphas Cain]

Got to visit St. Helens in 2012 and looked south at the mountain from the observatory.

It was like gazing down the barrel of God's shotgun.

[SaveFerris]

That’s the one that reminds me of a nuclear detonation.

When a mountain is growing by over a foot a day, my instincts are to run away as quickly as possible. (drive, really)

[House Atreides]

No one has said it....but it must be said....

TRUMP’S FAULT

[Oscar in Batangas]

We probably should dispatch Hank Johnson to the town of Volcano, HI to monitor the impending capsizing of the lower east coast. Those arriving FEMA people certainly will cause a disturbance in the balance of the island.

[miserare]

Yikes! Hope those nearby have evacuated!

[miserare]

Very scary! Prayers up.

[pollywog]

HUNDREDS of quakes so far...I watch it on USGS.

[Pagey]

My Brother in law lives on the North side of the island + texted me back after I asked how it felt: “...I was driving in our Jeep + it felt like people were jumping up + down on the bumper...”

[Reno89519]

Wait, wasn’t it a Guam legislator that worried about people on the island causing it to tip over?

[mabarker1]

It was like gazing down the barrel of God's shotgun

Now THAT is really something to think about!!! May I borrow,beg or steal it ?

[mewzilla]

Officials close Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, evacuations underway in light of earthquakes

[Professional]

My sis lives in the area. This big quake scared the hell out of her. This only got serious 2 days ago. Leilani estates now has magma in 3 places. Happening fast. She says emergency shelters are surprisingly disorganized right now and being overwhelmed by the homeless bums trying to score.

Locals are very good about taking care of each other, and they have had 2 big disasters there in about 4 yrs, so they are used to it. Hurricane and lava scare two yrs ago.

[Teacher317]

5km deep

[Professional]

If anyone has any key info, please ping me.

Is this a federal disaster area yet??

[FreedomNotSafety]

Gee golly is going to capsize? Just topple right over.

[Professional]

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#%7B%22autoUpdate%22%3A%5B%22autoUpdate%22%5D%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22grayscale%22%2C%22feed%22%3A%221day_m25%22%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A%5B%5B24.6%2C-125%5D%2C%5B50%2C-65%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%5B%22plates%22%5D%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3A%5B%22restrictListToMap%22%5D%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22timezone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22viewModes%22%3A%5B%22list%22%5D%2C%22event%22%3Anull%7D

[BenLurkin]

Yikes. Hope everyone is ok.

[mewzilla]

Just found this.....

Massive 6.9-magnitude quake rocks Big Island as eruption continues

[elcid1970]

Madame Pele is angry.

[boycott]

Shakin’ and Bakin’ on the Big Island

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They gave such a silly title to their thread I didn’t know what it was about and bother to open it. I am glad someone else posted the information or I wouldn’t have known where to read about it.