As I was watching Love of Nirvana this evening, the table started shaking as if Moʻo was sitting on it & scratching herself. I quickly looked over at the clock; it was 9:46 pm. Why did I look at the clock? I knew from the feel & proximity, it was not Moʻo. It was an earthquake! Since I had my headphones on to listen to Love of Nirvana, I did not hear the low rumble that frequently precedes the shaking; living on Moku o Keawe you kinda get used to the occasional shake & signs that its on its way. It lasted about 10 seconds.
In that period of time, I was able to easily walk to the cat gate to check on how the cats & Moʻo were handling the shaking. I think this is the largest earthquake they have experienced, the other 2 or 3 were much milder & shorter. I could see the cats were trying to figure out, Is this a very large person approaching us? From the cat gate I could not see Moʻo lying by the front door; after the shaking stopped she came over & just stood in front of the gate, facing away & looking towards the front door as if guarding us from whomever this very large person was. Nothing got knocked off of the shelves, there was no damage to the house; just a little excitement for a few seconds!
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| Location of the epicenter. |
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| Data submitted by citizen scientists. One of those blue boxes at north end is me. |
About 15 minutes later, they all calmed down & resumed their usual night time napping. I gathered screen shots & other info to put this together for you. Later I returned to my usual night time Chinese TV series rabbit hole. 🙄
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| Screen shot from Love of Nirvana. |
The window for the next episode of the eruption at Kīlauea has now been adjusted to be between the 24th & the 27th.
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