[iris-bulk] Late breaking session at the AGU 2006 Fall Meeting

[Dave Wilson]

Late Breaking Session at the AGU 2006 Fall Meeting
On the October 15, 2006 M6.7 Earthquake -  Hawaii

The AGU program committee is organizing a late breaking session on the 
recent Hawaii earthquake.  If you would like to contribute to this 
session, please submit an abstract by 10 November 2006.   The program 
committee will only accept one abstract by the same first author for 
this session.   The abstract submission form will only let you submit to 
this session. Please ignore the first author rule if you have submitted 
another abstract to the meeting.  The session is likely to be scheduled 
on Friday, December 15.  To make a submission go to the 2006 Fall 
Meeting web page at www.agu.org/meetings/fm06/   and click on the Hawaii 
Earthquake link.   The form will be available by 30 October 2006.

Session Description
The October 15, 2006, M6.7 earthquake beneath Kiholo Bay is among the 
largest to have occurred in Hawaii since written records have been 
maintained .  For many, the Kiholo Bay earthquake serves as an 
introduction to the fact that Hawaii is seismically active and it 
reminds us that Hawaii is exposed to significant seismic hazard.

The M6.7 earthquake which occurred at 17:07:48 UTC (7:07:48 AM HST) at a 
depth of 29 km was followed by a M6.0 earthquake 6.5 minutes later 
(14:14:12 UTC) at 19 km depth and approximately 35 km north of the 
initial event. Over 80 aftershocks with magnitudes greater than 1.7 were 
recorded in the first 24 hours after the quake.  Although no deaths or 
serious injuries were reported, preliminary damage estimates may exceed 
$75 million, prompting the declaration of a major disaster by the U.S. 
government.

This session will provide preliminary characterizations and assessments 
of the effects of the M6.7 Kiholo Bay earthquake. We also welcome 
contributions of additional observations, reports, and studies of the 
October 15 earthquake, seismicity, and seismic hazards in Hawaii.