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The 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture (FestPAC), the world’s largest celebration of indigenous Pacific Islanders convenes on O‘ahu from June 6-16, 2024. More than 2,200 delegates from 27 Pacific nations will gather for 10 days of cultural exchange, appreciation, and celebration at various venues across the island. More than 50 festival events, including the opening and closing ceremonies, Festival Village, heritage dance and contemporary music performances, heritage arts demonstrations, visual arts exhibits, and more, will be free and open to the public.

During the 82 day patrol the cutter’s crew worked closely with partners and allied nations on numerous missions ranging from search and rescue to the prevention of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing while promoting stability and security throughout the region.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after a preliminary magnitude 6.7 earthquake reported at 1:04 p.m. HST on Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Solomon Islands region.

The magnitude has been downgraded from an 8.0 to a 7.8. Based on all available data from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center there is no tsunami threat to the State of Hawaiʻi. Therefore, the tsunami watch is cancelled.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawai’i following a 6.7 preliminary magnitude earthquake in the Santa Cruz Islands that occurred at 12:17 p.m. HST on Friday, February 1, 2013.