6.6 Quake Rocks Hawaii. Knocks Mac360 Offline.

The strongest earthquake in over 20 years struck the Hawaiian islands early Sunday.

Power was disrupted for more than 12 hours on Oahu, home to Honolulu, Waikiki, and Mac360’s web server.

The 6.6 magnitude quake caused massive blackouts on three islands, landslides on Hawaii, and forced thousands of visitors to flee their hotels.

There were no reports of casualties, though Mac360, running on a PowerMac G5 server in central Honolulu, was offline for 12 hours.

The quake struck the Big Island of Hawaii shortly after.... (excerpted).

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