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4.3 earthquake rocks Big Island
Advertiser Staff
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake rattled the Big Island yesterday evening, but didn't cause any damage, authorities said. The quake struck shortly before 6 p.m. and was about 26 miles south of Hilo and 6 miles deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Police said there were no calls or reports of damage. Residents reported light or weak shaking from the earthquake. The last earthquake on the Big Island was Sept. 7, when a 3.6 magnitude temblor was recorded 46 miles southwest of Hilo.
BIG ISLAND MAYOR OUT OF HOSPITAL
Big Island mayor Harry Kim was released yesterday from The Queen's Medical Center, where he had undergone triple bypass surgery Sunday.
Kim, 69, will stay in Honolulu "for a few more days before returning to Hilo," said Hawai'i County managing director Dixie Kaetsu, who is acting mayor while Kim recovers.
Kim's heart attack Sept. 11 followed an earlier one in August.
UH SCHOOL NAMED FOR THOMPSON
The University of Hawai'i Board of Regents has agreed to name the School of Social Work on the Manoa campus after alumnus Myron "Pinky" Thompson.
At its meeting yesterday at Hawai'i Community College, the board agreed to name the school after Thompson because of his lifelong work to improve the health, education and well-being of Native Hawaiians.
Thompson, who died in 2001, received his master's degree in social work from UH in 1953.
He served as executive director of the Queen Lili'uokalani Trust, was a Bishop Estate trustee for 20 years and co-founded Alu Like, a nonprofit social service agency.
ARRESTS MADE IN STORE ROBBERY
Two men have been arrested in the armed robbery of a store Thursday night in the Pensacola Street area, police said.
Two men entered the store at 8:55 p.m., one of them brandishing a handgun, and demanded cash from the clerk. The robbers fled with cash but two suspects later were located.
Sterling Ikaika Ragasa, 20, was arrested on suspicion of robbery in the first degree. Alex Singleton, 18, was arrested on suspicion of robbery in the first degree, burglary in the second degree and resisting arrest.
