All,

The mag 6.7 EQ just off the Big Island of Hawaii on Oct 15 2006 was the
subject of one or two threads here and the effect on the observatories on
Mauna Kea was also brought up. I'm too lazy to find the original threads
right now...

All,

The mag 6.7 EQ just off the Big Island of Hawaii on Oct 15 2006 was the
subject of one or two threads here and the effect on the observatories on
Mauna Kea was also brought up. I'm too lazy to find the original threads
right now...

There was a workshop on the Big Island in March this year about the
impact on the observatories and some of the presentations are available
here:

http://www.gemini.edu/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=227

If that doesn't work, just go to www.gemini.edu and look under the general
announcements section, about halfway down the page.

I don't know if there's useful information there for anyone but it does
show the impact of the EQ on the sites (unfortunately I wasn't an
attendee as I was away at the time, but was involved in the recovery of
one of the telescopes after the event).

What's become clear over time is that in general, the larger the
telescope, the larger the problems. The smaller telescopes were pretty
much back in action in days.

There has been or is currently site testing for a 30-metre class telescope
on Mauna Kea -- it'll be interesting to see if this event has any
influence on the final decision.