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WOWAMUNDO & FRICK !!!!!!...Hawaii Hit by 6.6 Magnitude Quake, Scientists Say (Update6) |
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=awj2NxmP0qME&refer=japan
Hawaii Hit by 6.6 Magnitude Quake, Scientists Say (Update6)
By Peter Young and Kevin Orland
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck the
largest of the Hawaiian Islands today, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
No fatalities were immediately reported.
The quake occurred at 7:07 a.m. local time and was centered six miles
(10 kilometers) southwest of Puako, according to the agency's Web site.
The community is on the west coast of the island of Hawaii, known as
the Big Island. It was earlier estimated at magnitude 6.3.
Kona Community Hospital was evacuated because of structural damage,
said Ed Teixiera, vice director of Hawaii State Civil Defense, in an
interview on KITV-TV in Honolulu. Honolulu International Airport on
Oahu is closed to outgoing flights because of power outages caused by
the earthquake, KITV said.
``Thankfully, we have no reports of any significant damage on Oahu
yet,'' said John Cummings, public information officer for the Civil
Defense Agency's Oahu office.
About 90 percent of Oahu, the state's most populous island is without
power, Cummins said. Oahu is about 150 miles northwest of the
earthquake's center.
A 5.8-magnitude aftershock hit seven minutes after the earthquake, the
USGS said. Nine shocks of 3.1 to 4.2 on the Richter scale were reported
in the next three and a half hours. Values on the scale, an expression
of energy released by the quake, are typically between 1 and 9.
No Tsunami
``No tsunami is expected,'' the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa
Beach, Hawaii, said in a bulletin. ``However, many areas may have
experienced strong shaking.''
Earthquakes are not uncommon in Hawaii, and strong quakes in the past
have destroyed buildings and disrupted utilities, according to the USGS
Web site.
A 1975 quake of magnitude 7.2, centered on the south side of Kilauea,
one of the Big Island's active volcanoes, caused a tsunami that killed
two people, destroyed houses and sank fishing boats, the geological
survey said.
To contact the reporters on this story: Peter Young in New York at
pyoung13@bloomberg.net ; Kevin Orland in Chicago at
korland@bloomberg.net .
Last Updated: October 15, 2006 17:10 EDT
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