No tsunami threat from submarine quake
An earthquake occurred late Monday afternoon off the Russian Far East but posed no threat of a tsunami in Hawaii, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
The magnitude-7.7 quake struck at 5 p.m. Hawaii time about 102 miles east of Poronaysk on Sakhalin Island, the center said. Earlier reports set the magnitude at 7.3. The quake occurred about 350 miles below the surface of the ocean, the center said. It was in the Sea of Okhotsk, west of the Kuril Islands that stretch from Hokkaido, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia.
An magnitude-8.3 quake on the other side of the Kurils in November 2006 generated a tsunami that hit Japan and Hawaii with waves a few feet high and caused $10 million in damage to the harbor at Crescent City, Calif.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Kapaa teenager brought to Oahu for treatment
Two Kapaa residents who were injured Saturday, one critically, in accidents on Kauai remained hospitalized Monday.
A Kapaa boy, 15, was in critical condition in the Queen’s Medical Center on Oahu where he was taken after initial treatment at Wilcox Hospital, a Kauai County spokeswoman said.
The boy fell about 30 feet from a ridge to the bottom of Hoopii Falls in Kapahi while mountain biking with a friend at 2:41 p.m.
Injured in the other accident was a 62-year-old Kapaa man who was in guarded condition at Wilcox, the spokeswoman said.
Rescuers were called to the Na Pali Coast after he fell and injured his head while hiking on the Kalalau Trail about a quarter-mile from Hanakapiai Beach. The man was airlifted to the Kee landing zone, then to Princeville Airport, where paramedics drove him to Wilcox.
2 try to help paddlers but get in trouble
Maui County rescue personnel on Monday helped two stand-up paddleboarders who had been blown to sea off the Makani a Kai condominium in Maalaea, and picked up two other people who had gone to help them but wound up in trouble themselves.
The paddleboarders were about a half-mile from shore when rescue personnel arrived at about 3 p.m.
Witnesses said a woman on a surfboard and a man with a mask and snorkel had gone to help the paddlers but also began struggling.
All were back safely on shore at 3:27 p.m. No one needed medical attention.
