Earthquake in Kona!

Great excitement here in Hawaii - earthquake - 6.3 - everyone seems fine - not much damage since the`quake`was short though severe. We were about 12 to 30 or so miles from the epicenter. We are pasting in a report from a local person living on the big island which is fun, and describes what happened. We personally had nothing broken, but the building (Go Center) certainly rocked and rolled! Quite a scary and disorienting experience.

Gus and Clare

We had violent shaking that caused dead bolted doors to burst open, books to tumble off shelves and all our ornaments and china to migrate across surfaces or tip over. Lamps fell over, pictures are askew and drawers and cupboards opened spontaneously, but we have little relative damage--some glassware and a broken ceiling fan. There is sporadic loss of electrical power and the phone systems are overloaded. Latest info is that the largest quake was 6.3 and that we have had upwards of 20 aftershocks, some have been rather strong. Other homes in the area have light fixtures dislodged from ceilings and shattered wall mirrors.
Jennifer Shinsato, Kamuela Hawaii