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Desjardens
15-10-2006, 10:05 PM
Today in Hawaii at 7:00 there was a 6.7 Earthquake and there were may aftershocks in the 4's

More news on www.cnn.com :)
VanHalen
15-10-2006, 10:09 PM
Strong earthquake rattles Hawaii

An early-morning earthquake at sea has knocked out power and toppled rock walls across the US state of Hawaii but there are no reports of deaths.
US scientists recorded the 6.3 quake at 0707 (1607 GMT) six miles (10km) south-west of the coastal town of Puako on the state's southernmost Big Island.

There was "no report at all of any fatality", Governor Linda Lingle said.

A US scientist said there was no risk of a tsunami but "significant wave activity" in Hawaii.

The quake was felt as far as 150 miles (240km) away to the north-west on the island of Oahu where some people were trapped in lifts.

Boulders fell on highways, rock walls fell down and television sets were knocked off stands, Governor Lingle said.

Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the US National Earthquake Information Center, said there was no risk of a Pacific-wide tsunami.

"I wouldn't expect anything catastrophic," he said. "But you never know about these things."

Betsy Garties, a resident of North Kohala on the northern tip of Big Island, told the Associated Press she had been in bed with one of her small children when the quake struck:

"First I heard a rumbling. Then the house started to shake. Then broken glass.

"It was strong enough that it was wobbling, so you almost lost your balance running out into the yard. The house was visibly rocking."


BBC Source
Desjardens
15-10-2006, 10:20 PM
Always remember, CNN is better xD
VanHalen
15-10-2006, 10:25 PM
Always remember, CNN is better xD

I don't see you posting a CNN source =P
-Soph-
16-10-2006, 05:52 AM
Isn't there a couple of people from hawaii who use this forum?
Adam$
16-10-2006, 06:01 AM
Always remember, CNN is better xD
Terrible, I hope for the best.

And what's your obsession with CNN?
-Soph-
16-10-2006, 06:05 AM
BBC ftw :)
:Hazel
16-10-2006, 11:31 AM
Isn't there a couple of people from hawaii who use this forum?

I thought that. :o
-Soph-
16-10-2006, 03:08 PM
I can't remember his current name.. but I know who i mean grr.
Can't think.
cocaine
17-10-2006, 05:27 PM
I can't remember his current name.. but I know who i mean grr.
Can't think.

Its the guy with the orange vip ;)
alexxxxx
17-10-2006, 05:29 PM
Oh yeah. Hope he's k.
cocaine
17-10-2006, 05:29 PM
Oranges. or whatever his name is.

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