We are all fine, have power and everything is OK. There were actually two earthquakes, the first at 7:11am the second weaker at 7:25am. The house shook gently, the wall hangings banged, but nothing fell or broke (screwing the furniture to the wall for Leilani might have helped). Leilani and the cats didn’t even get up, Andy went back to sleep and I turned on the TV (which we still have upstairs after the house swap).
CNN and Fox news have lots of news, all our local Oahu TV stations are off the air. They say it was a 6.3 magnitude quake off the NW coast of the Big Island–the Kohala coast where all the resorts are. There are reports of mud slides on the Big Island but no deaths.
We’re not really worried about earthquakes, we know they happen on the Big Island because of the volcanism, and like today’s they are not felt stronly here. I think they have tiny quakes on Kauai (probably due to the island settling), but I think we have nothing to worry about. Of course, a tsunami is always a threat, but we are uphill about 150′ (50 m) from the ocean (on purpose).