Largely lost in the reporting of the Japanese earthquake, the tsunami, and concerns of a nuclear reactor meltdown is the fact that Hawaii endured some major tsunami-related damage from the same triggering quake.
Hawaiian disaster response officials are estimating the state suffered damages exceeding $30 million after a devastating Japanese earthquake sent a tsunami across the Pacific Ocean in early March.
Hawaii State Civil Defense reported Thursday that damages to private property amounted to $22 million, and government property damages reached $8.5 million.
And though about 5,000 quakes can be felt in the U.S. every year, a report by A.M. Best shows that 85 to 90 percent of people lack earthquake coverage.
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