| Hawaii - Earthquake - Rock a Hula big time.
Posted: 10/15/2006 3:40:26 PM | HONOLULU - A strong earthquake shook Hawaii early Sunday, causing a landslide that blocked a major highway on Hawaii Island and knocking out power across the state, authorities said.
The state Civil Defense had unconfirmed reports of injuries, but communication problems prevented more definite reports. Gov. Linda Lingle issued a disaster declaration for the entire island, saying there had been damage to buildings and roads.
The quake hit at 7:07 a.m. local time, 10 miles 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.
Heraga said that inbound flights were being allowed to land, but outgoing flights were not taking off because the TSA doesn’t have enough power to screen passengers.
Resorts in Kona were being asked to keep people close to hotels, Big Island Mayor Harry Kim told KITV. Cruise ships were asked to keep tourists on board, and ships that were due to dock with tourists were asked to move on to their next location, he said. “We are dealing with a lot of scared people,” he said.
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