http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/061215_hawaii_quake.html

Big Hawaiian Earthquake Had Surprising Trigger
LiveScience
15 December 2006
	
SAN FRANCISCO—A new fault formed off the northwest coast of Hawaii on Oct. 15
of this year, and now scientists are figuring out what caused the crack and the
ensuing 6.7 magnitude earthquake.

The surprising results were announced here today at a meeting of the American
Geophysical Union.

The crack extends about 9 miles in length in the oceanic plate that supports
the island. It  formed about 35 miles below the sea-surface level, much deeper
than quakes typically originate in that region. The temblor set off a chain of
events, including a shallower earthquake of magnitude 6.0 and more than 80
aftershocks within a 24-hour period.

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Mark Robinson
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19 Dec 1688 Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years shipwrecked.
19 Dec 1843 Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is published in the United
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19 Dec 1848 Emily Bronte died aged 30.
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