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Hawaii Quakes Trigger Wee Tsunami

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook the Big Island of Hawaii today, followed by dozens of aftershocks.  No fatalities are reported, but roads and buildings have been damaged, the power is out across Oahu, and Honolulu International Airport has been closed.

On Fox News, Gerard Fryer of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake did trigger a tsunami... a precious little 4" one.

Fryer indicated it would likely take a magnitude 7-7.5 quake for the center to sound a broad tsunami warning.  If memory of grade school science serves, the Richter scale is logarithmic, so a 7.5 would be nearly 10x as big as today's quake.

Still, one shakee characterized today's event as feeling like "King Kong shaking your house back and forth."

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Hawaii Quakes Trigger Wee Tsunami

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook the Big Island of Hawaii today, followed by dozens of aftershocks.  No fatalities are reported, but roads and buildings have been damaged, the power is out across Oahu, and Honolulu International Airport has been closed.

On Fox News, Gerard Fryer of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake did trigger a tsunami... a precious little 4" one.

Fryer indicated it would likely take a magnitude 7-7.5 quake for the center to sound a broad tsunami warning.  If memory of grade school science serves, the Richter scale is logarithmic, so a 7.5 would be nearly 10x as big as today's quake.

Still, one shakee characterized today's event as feeling like "King Kong shaking your house back and forth."