{"id":28110,"date":"2014-10-08T11:32:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T21:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=28110"},"modified":"2021-10-25T11:38:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T21:38:47","slug":"public-presentation-to-promote-earthquake-awareness-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/08\/public-presentation-to-promote-earthquake-awareness-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake awareness presentation at UH<\/abbr> Hilo"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s long history of earthquakes and safety measures that residents can take will be discussed in a public presentation at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> on Tuesday, October 14 at 7 p.m. in the Science and Technology Building Room 108.<\/p>\n

Paul Okubo, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory<\/a>, will speak about “Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s ‘Big’ Earthquakes.”<\/a> According to Okubo, while Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island experiences more seismicity that other Hawaiian islands, the exposure to earthquake risk spans the entire State of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. As a recent example, he notes that the October 2006 magnitude 6.7 and 6.0 earthquakes, located in West Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, caused $200 million in damages on the islands of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and Maui, as well as an extended power outage on Oʻahu<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Okubo will present an overview of earthquakes in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, including current theories on why they occur. He will also talk about the “Great Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> ShakeOut”<\/a>, an upcoming earthquake and awareness and preparedness event, and what people can do to protect themselves.<\/p>\n

For more information about the presentation, visit the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory website<\/a> or call 967-8844.<\/p>\n

—A University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo news release<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seismologist Paul Okubo will speak about “Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s ‘Big&rquo; Earthquakes’ at UH<\/abbr> Hilo public presentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1409,14],"class_list":["post-28110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-disaster-emergency","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t