Two earthquakes rock Hawaii

[NFS4]

Coming through the wires now

 

[Mermaidman]

Yikes. I'm glad my relatives aren't there anymore . . .

 

[Shawn]

yeah, just got the alert.

 

[mugs]

:Q

 

[Shawn]

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==



Region: MAUI REGION, HAWAII
Geographic coordinates: 20.205N, 156.059W
Magnitude: 4.9 Mcd
Depth: 15 km
Universal Time (UTC): 15 Oct 2006 17:14:11
Time near the Epicenter: 15 Oct 2006 07:14:11
Local time in your area: 15 Oct 2006 12:14:11

Location with respect to nearby cities:
24 km (15 miles) W (260 degrees) of Hawi, HI
27 km (16 miles) W (263 degrees) of Kapaau, HI
29 km (18 miles) W (264 degrees) of Halaula, HI
116 km (72 miles) WNW (299 degrees) of Hilo, HI
221 km (137 miles) ESE (123 degrees) of Honolulu, HI


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
________________________________
event ID : HV 00020954

This is a computer-generated message and has not yet been reviewed by a
seismologist.
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/hv00020954.php
or
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Hawaii Volcano Observatory
U.S. Geological Survey

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov


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[Shawn]

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==



Region: ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
Geographic coordinates: 19.845N, 155.864W
Magnitude: 4.6 Mcd
Depth: 17 km
Universal Time (UTC): 15 Oct 2006 17:07:50
Time near the Epicenter: 15 Oct 2006 07:07:50
Local time in your area: 15 Oct 2006 12:07:50

Location with respect to nearby cities:
10 km (6 miles) S (180 degrees) of Puako, HI
13 km (8 miles) SW (215 degrees) of Waikoloa Village, HI
20 km (12 miles) NE (47 degrees) of Kalaoa, HI
83 km (52 miles) W (281 degrees) of Hilo, HI
261 km (162 miles) SE (128 degrees) of Honolulu, HI


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
________________________________
event ID : HV 00020953

This is a computer-generated message and has not yet been reviewed by a
seismologist.
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/hv00020953.php
or
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Hawaii Volcano Observatory
U.S. Geological Survey

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov


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[mugs]

What's a Mcd?

 

[AmdEmAll]

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/seism_read.php?rid=26578&lang=eng

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

4.9 isn't that big. Just enough to wake you up.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: mugs
What's a Mcd?

McDonalds

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Only a 4.6? Geesh, you get a bigger seismic reading than that when Rush Limbaugh sits down.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
4.9 isn't that big. Just enough to wake you up.

They're reporting one at 4.9 and another at 6.5 on the news

 

[mugs]

Map of the coordinates Shawn posted:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q...-156.280518&spn=2.879678,6.679687&om=1

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: mugs
What's a Mcd?

McDonalds

I was thinking millicandella

I assume it's whatever unit the richter scale uses

 

[AmdEmAll]

Um yeah the link I posted said it was a 6.5.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: AmdEmAll
Um yeah the link I posted said it was a 6.5.

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 6.3 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 17:07:48 UTC

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
4.9 isn't that big. Just enough to wake you up.

They're reporting one at 4.9 and another at 6.5 on the news

Wow... I'm on the USGS site and they're not reporting anything that big yet. null

6.0 is a good shake. I've been in a bunch of those.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: cavemanmoron

Originally posted by: AmdEmAll
Um yeah the link I posted said it was a 6.5.

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 6.3 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 17:07:48 UTC

Hmm. Well I'm not seeing anything on the USGS site yet.

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

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
4.9 isn't that big. Just enough to wake you up.

They're reporting one at 4.9 and another at 6.5 on the news

Wow... I'm on the USGS site and they're not reporting anything that big yet. null

6.0 is a good shake. I've been in a bunch of those.

It's got to be a decent one, I was on the phone with a friend in Oahu at the time and I could hear the rumbling and stuff fall from her shelf.

 

[Vegitto]

Hmm, someone over here said some news agency was reporting 7.2. I don't know which one, though.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

From the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1711Z 15 OCT 2006

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1708Z 15 OCT 2006
COORDINATES - 19.9 NORTH 155.9 WEST
LOCATION - 6 miles NNW of Pauanahulu Hawaii
MAGNITUDE - 6.5

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

6.5

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

USGS just updated their map.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

The earthquakes are centered around this volcano. It hasn't erupted since 1801.

Hualalai is the third youngest and third-most historically active volcano on the Island of Hawai`i. Six different vents erupted lava between the late 1700s and 1801, two of which generated lava flows that poured into the sea on the west coast of the island. The Keahole Airport, located only 11 km north of Kailua-Kona, is built atop the larger flow.

Though Hualalai is not nearly as active as Mauna Loa or Kilauea, our recent geologic mapping of the volcano shows that 80 percent of Hualalai's surface has been covered by lava flows in the past 5,000 years. In the past few decades, when most of the resorts, homes, and commercial buildings were built on the flanks of Hualalai, earthquake activity beneath the volcano has been low. In 1929, however, an intense swarm of earthquakes lasting more than a month was most likely caused by magma rising to near the surface. For these reasons, Hualalai is considered a potentially dangerous volcano that is likely to erupt again in the next 100 years.

 

[her209]

Its a small shake and people are freaking out... geez...

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: her209
Its a small shake and people are freaking out... geez...

While a 6.5 isn't a mega-quake, it is still capable of causing lots of damage, and even a tsunami under the right conditions...