Hawaii Emergency Management Agency

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the South Pacific nation of the Solomon Islands at a depth of 33 kms (20 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said on Friday. Time of quake was 1:04 pm Thursday (HST). There were no immediate reports of damage. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said there was no […]

MEDIA ADVISORY January 17, 2017 SIREN TESTING ON OAHU OF NEW SIRENS HONOLULU — The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (Hawaii-EMA), together with the Honolulu Department of Emergency Management will conduct testing of four new sirens on Oahu. Testing will occur on the following dates during the specified times. Wednesday, January 18, 2017 between 9 a.m. […]

Emergency warning sirens across Oahu and a few on Kauai went off accidentally at approximately 8:07 this morning. According to Mel Kaku, director of the Honolulu Department of Emergency Management, it was an “inadvertent activation in the course of preparing for today’s scheduled test”. The activation of the Oahu sirens also triggered several sirens on […]

DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR MAJOR GENERAL ARTHUR J. LOGAN DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT VERN T. MIYAGI ADMINISTRATOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 30, 2016 SIREN AND EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM TEST HONOLULU — The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency monthly test of the statewide outdoor siren warning system, coordinated with the test of the live […]

The most recent eruption of Kilauea Volcano will mark another milestone on January 3, 2017.  That date is the 34th anniversary of Kīlauea Volcano’s ongoing East Rift Zone eruption, which began in 1983. During the past 34 years, lava flows have buried over 142 km2 (55 mi2) of public and private land, destroying 215 structures […]