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6.2 earthquake rattles Hawaii's Big Island, shaking felt on Maui

Yahoo! News
Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:51 UTC

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck just offshore of Hawaii's Big Island on Sunday afternoon.

The quake hit at 11:48 a.m. Hawaii Time (5:48 p.m. Eastern Time) about 27 km south-southeast of Naalehu, or just off the southern tip of the Big Island. Several small aftershocks occurred nearby following the earthquake.

Shaking across the southern portion of the Big Island was "moderate" to "strong," according to several hundred responses to the USGS's "Did You Feel It?" feature, a reporting tool where users can report the amount of shaking and damage they experienced during a nearby tremor.

Residents felt noticeable shaking as far away as Maui, about 250 km to the northwest of the quake's epicentre.

The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported that the agency didn't expect a tsunami. The earthquake occurred at a depth of more than 35 km below the surface.

The Big Island is home to Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes. Kilauea recently erupted for the first time almost a year, according to Reuters. Previously, magma moving beneath the volcano triggered a swarm of more than 100 earthquakes at the end of August.

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Rowan Cocoan · 2021-10-11T07:05:11Z

Those things are scary. Beyond uneasy.

R.C.

Tsidkenu · 2021-10-11T07:46:42Z

Rowan Cocoan Yep. I still remember the Melbourne quake not long ago which was shaking my apartment here in Syd, 600 miles away.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-10-11T14:27:29Z

Tsidkenu Have you been in many? I was only in one in LA. RC

Tsidkenu · 2021-10-13T04:27:54Z

Rowan Cocoan That was my first quake but I've been in 3 typhoons of various categories and 1 cyclone. Would be nice to add a volcanic eruption to that list of disasters, especially if it occured at No. 1 Macquarie St, Sydney.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-10-13T11:15:23Z

Tsidkenu Lord, I've probably been in 12 hurricanes. Did you ever read Conrad's Typhoon? Free at: [Link]

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The only thing his aspect might have been said to suggest, at times, was bashfulness; because he would sit, in business offices ashore, sunburnt and smiling faintly, with downcast eyes. When he raised them, they were perceived to be direct in their glance and of blue colour. His hair was fair and extremely fine, clasping from temple to temple the bald dome of his skull in a clamp as of fluffy silk. The hair of his face, on the contrary, carroty and flaming, resembled a growth of copper wire clipped short to the line of the lip; while, no matter how close he shaved, fiery metallic gleams passed, when he moved his head, over the surface of his cheeks. He was rather below the medium height, a bit round-shouldered, and so sturdy of limb that his clothes always looked a shade too tight for his arms and legs. As if unable to grasp what is due to the difference of latitudes, he wore a brown bowler hat, a complete suit of a brownish hue, and clumsy black boots. These harbour togs gave to his thick figure an air of stiff and uncouth smartness. A thin silver watch chain looped his waistcoat, and he never left his ship for the shore without clutching in his powerful, hairy fist an elegant umbrella of the very best quality, but generally unrolled. Young Jukes, the chief mate, attending his commander to the gangway, would sometimes venture to say, with the greatest gentleness, “Allow me, sir”—and possessing himself of the umbrella deferentially, would elevate the ferule, shake the folds, twirl a neat furl in a jiffy, and hand it back; going through the performance with a face of such portentous gravity, that Mr. Solomon Rout, the chief engineer, smoking his morning cigar over the skylight, would turn away his head in order to hide a smile. “Oh! aye! The blessed gamp. . . . Thank 'ee, Jukes, thank 'ee,” would mutter Captain MacWhirr, heartily, without looking up.

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Tsidkenu · 2021-10-14T05:15:46Z

Rowan Cocoan Yes, but you also live in an area frequently struck thereby. I'm in Sydney now so we don't get much here, although this summer is shaping up to be a summer of thunder, hail and tornadoes (the latter are rare here - I only know of two - one occured in Bathurst region last week, and one in the Wollongong region last year).

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