October 16, 2006
At 7 AM this morning we were awakened by an earthquake that registered at 6.6-6.7 and it was shaking our house like a jackhammer. It lasted about a minute. Fortunately, Brian got us to safety in a door frame and we waited it out. Shortly after that, a 5.8 hit further off the coast and the house started swaying side to side - we could even hear it creaking and it felt like being in a small boat with big swells. Stuff was flying out of our medicine cabinet, out of the linen closet, books were hitting the floor, and a frame fell and broke but I would say we escaped with minimal damage… Our power went out and we could not make calls. The highway north of us is shut down because of rock and landslides and Waimea is apparently cut off from everything due to land/rock slides on the Hamakua coast as well as the highway to Kona. Apparently, the roof at Safeway and Walmart in Kona caved in or collapsed. People apparently saw buildings in Kona split apart and saw giant cracks. We have heard that Kona and Waimea have a lot of damage. We heard that a landslide occurred in Kealekekua Bay down by Napoopoo Beach (hope no one was kayaking or snorkeling down there). Hilo seems to be the only area on the Big Island with power but most things seem to be closed except major retailers. We are OK though…
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