BREAKING NEWS: Quake hits Hawaiian Islands

[RspctFrmCalgary]

There's been a couple of earthquakes on the island of Oahu, knocking out power there and on Maui, and possibly other islands. First quake was 4. something, second 6.2 plus aftershocks.

No Pacific-wide tidal waves expected.

[RspctFrmCalgary]

HOLY CRAP I was able to start a new thread

On the first try!

[res54cuecaptain]

holy **** dude, i have relatives in maui! any word on damage yet???? im gonna go call them now!

[RspctFrmCalgary]

No damage that I've heard of ...

Magnitude 6.3 quake wakes up Hawaii residents
Updated Sun. Oct. 15 2006 2:33 PM ET

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, 16 kilometres 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 250 kilometres to the southeast of Honolulu, the state capital, in Oahu.

[medic27205]

holy **** dude, i have relatives in maui! any word on damage yet???? im gonna go call them now

good luck. we have friends in the fire department in honolulu. we tried calling them.. no luck via home phone, work phone or cell phone.

news is all over about damages. we'll just keep our fingers crossed for our friends and loved ones.

[res54cuecaptain]

after 20 minutes of tryin to call them, i got through to my uncle. He said theres some minor damage (and i mean minor) but everyones ok.

im just prayin nobody gets hurt out of this whole ordeal.

[RspctFrmCalgary]

Glad you were able to get through, and I hope they continue to stay safe.

Hopefully the "wave action" mentioned on the news won't materialize.