Quick Guide & Transcript: Strong earthquake shakes Hawaii, U.N. imposes sanctions on North Korea

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(CNN Student News) -- October 16, 2006

Quick Guide

Hawaii Earthquake - Travel to a state that was rattled by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake on Sunday.

North Korea U.N. Sanctions - Find out what kind of penalties North Korea will pay for testing a nuclear device.

Mysterious Sea Creature - Study a mysterious sea creature that gave some Hawaiian students a marine biology lesson.

Transcript

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

CHRISTINA PARK, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: It's a new week and another week for CNN Student News! Glad to have you along. I'm Christina Park. On the biggest Hawaiian island, there was a whole lot of shaking going on. What major damage followed an early-morning wake up call. At the United Nations a united vote against a nuclear North Korea. What global sanctions might look like. And why one Security Council member might not apply them. And in Italy this house of chocolate would make Willy Wonka feel right at home! Find out what brown can do for you at the Euro-Chocolate Festival!

First Up: Hawaii Earthquake

PARK: First up today, Hawaii is cleaning up after a major earthquake. The initial tremor jolted residents yesterday morning just after seven a-m local time. The quake's epicenter was on the west side of the island of Hawaii, the largest Hawaiian island. A state of emergency was declared. Power outages were reported across the state and one landslide blocked a major highway. Carl Azuz explains the damage that followed the "big one" on the "big island."

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CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS REPORTER: It was a violent morning wake-up call: A 6.6 -magnitude earthquake, thundering from the northwest part of Hawaii's Big Island. Dozens more tremors would follow, including a 5.8 -magnitude aftershock that struck seven minutes later. Across much of the island, lights were knocked out, and some buildings were shaken off their foundations.

STEPHANIE LANDERS, HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, WAIMEA: We had a whole lot of rocking and rolling. Ceiling tiles falling. Lights falling from the ceiling. We had air conditioning lines break. Shelves, books, glass, all falling. Breaking. Lots of screaming going on.

AZUZ: With fears of a tsunami on their minds, residents and tourists started heading for higher ground. But the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center no large waves were on the way. Still, there was plenty to worry about on land. Governor Linda Lingle declared a state of disaster. Honolulu International Airport was closed. People were told to keep phone lines open for emergency vehicles. And at time when dozens needed medical attention for cuts and broken bones, the Kona Community Hospital had to be evacuated while officials surveyed the damage.

TERRY LEWIS, KONA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL: We did sustain structural damage. The integrity seems to be okay. A lot of the ceilings and medical surgical unit have fallen in. And our operating room, the ceilings have come down. Our water supply here is limited.

AZUZ: Despite the strength of the tremor and the panic that it caused, there were no immediate reports of any deaths. One earthquake expert said this was because people who live on a string of volcanic islands are usually prepared for events like this.

HARLEY BENZ, SEISMOLOGIST, USGS: Often they do practice safety measures. They'll likely respond effectively to this earthquake and aftershocks that are felt.

AZUZ: So in the days ahead, residents will be thinking recovery and repairs...While tourists carry home a story they never expected to tell. Carl Azuz, CNN Atlanta.

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Is this legit?

STANLEY NURNBERGER: Is This Legit? History's largest tremor was the South Asia earthquake that caused the tsunamis of 2004. This is false! The South Asia quake had a magnitude of about 9.1, but a tremor that rocked Chile in 1960 was measured at magnitude 9.5.

North Korea U.N. Sanctions

PARK: The United States wanted quick action against North Korea and that's what it got. After last week's nuclear test claim, the U.N. Security Council voted 15-to-0 Saturday for tough sanctions against the communist state. After the vote, North Korea's U.N. representative issued strong words against the resolution and then stormed out of the chamber. Richard Roth was at the U.N. when the shoe dropped.

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RICHARD ROTH, CNN REPORTER: The Security Council resolution demands North Korea stop testing nukes, slaps a variety of sanctions on the regime, and tells Pyongyang to start talking again with the world.

U.S. AMBASSADOR JOHN BOLTON: Today we are sending a strong and clear message to North Korea and other would be proliferators that there will be serious repercussions in continuing to pursue weapons of mass destruction.

ROTH: But North Korea instantly rejected that message.

PAKL GIL YON, NORTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR: The delegation of the Democratic Republic of Korea totally rejects the unjustifiable resolution 1718 2006 adopted by the Security Council just now. It is gangster like for the Security Council to have adopted today a coercive resolution while neglecting the nuclear threat and moves for sanctions and pressure of the United States against the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.

ROTH: North Korea is now hit with financial and weapons sanctions by the Security Council. The goal is to cut off Pyongyang from getting technology and equipment that can power the country's nuclear desires.

EMYR JONES PARRY, BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO U.N.: It is not aimed at the people of North Korea who are already suffering greatly.

ROTH: But cracks were already evident in the proclaimed unity of the council. The resolution requires countries to search as necessary goods going in and out of North Korea.

WANG GUANGYA, CHINA AMBASSADOR: China does not approve of inspecting cargo to and from the DPRK. We therefore have reservations about the relevant provisions of the resolution.

ROTH: North Korea's ambassador, said his country wanted dialogue but walked out, in protest, before the meeting concluded.

BOLTON: I'm not going waste any of our time responding to what the representative of the DPRK has said, but I want to call your attention to that empty chair. That is the second time in 3 months that the representative of the DPRK having asked to part in our meetings has rejected a unanimous resolution of the Security Council and walked out of this chamber. It is the contemporary equivalent of Nikita Khruschev pounding his shoe on the desk of the General Assembly.

ROTH: Japan's ambassador said North Korea's walkout was "not totally unexpected." If so, that may be the only recent North Korean activity predicted by diplomats here, a country seemingly on a collision course with the U.N. Richard Roth CNN United Nations.

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Shoutout

NURNBERGER: Time for the Shoutout! Who was Nikita Khrushchev? You know what to do! Was he: A) German activist B) Soviet leader C) Swedish president D) Ukrainian general You've got three seconds--GO! Nikita Khrushchev was premier of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!

PARK: The reference to Nikita Khrushchev lets us touch on an unusual incident in U.N. history. In 1960... The Soviet premier showed his displeasure and shocked observers by banging his shoe on the table in the U.N. General Assembly hall.

Mysterious Sea Creature

PARK: We're going to head back to Hawaii to bring you this next story. "It" came in from the sea and at the sight of the mysterious creature, some young people were both spooked and stumped. It took marine biologists to get some answers about the rubbery mass. Ron Mizutani from affiliate KHON explains just what "it" was all about.

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RON MIZUTANI, REPORTER: A mysterious sea creature finds its way inside a popular swimming area in Waikiki.

BOY: He was like right on top of the thing and then we were all telling him like go away ---when he finally saw it he was like ah.

GIRL: It was pretty scary though --- it was like really big and then we saw it and we tried to get it.

MIZUTANI: "It" is in this gray bucket and "it" is grabbing the attention of everyone onshore.

MAN: I've never seen one that big out here.

MAN: The only time I've ever seen something that color is a Portuguese man of war.

MIZUTANI: Marine biologists want to take a closer look and start the journey to nearby Waikiki Aquarium --- but along the way more questions.

WOMAN: Squid?

MIZUTANI: Finally it arrives and with the tip of the bucket --- the mystery unfolds as the creature unravels.

GERALD CROW, WAIKIKI AQUARIUM CURATOR: This type of jellyfish has a very mild sting and we don't really see them because they're out in the open ocean --- very oceanic --- and they only come during the high waves or a lot of water movement --- and we have had unusual Kona winds lately.

MIZUTANI: It's about the size of a large melon --- intimidating yet gentle.

CROW: The beautiful purple colors of this thysanostoma jellyfish are just stunning ---and just the vibrant colors just amazing to watch.

CROW: Sometimes they can reach about five, six feet in total length and the bell diameter can be a little bigger -- but that's one of the bigger ones I've seen.

MIZUTANI: And for now, this tank will be it's new home.

CROW: We'll watch it and study it's behavior and see what it does and also watch it for reproductive because if we can get it to reproduce here then we can get a whole generation going.

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Promo

PARK: The United States hits a big population milestone tomorrow. According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, America will become a nation of 300-million people Tuesday at exactly 7:46 eastern time in the morning. That's an increase of 100 million people since 1967. Tuesday, be sure to check out our special programming about America's population growth and the possible climb to 400 million within your lifetime.

Before We Go

PARK: Before we go, an event made in heaven for all of you choc-o-holics! Thousands headed to Italy for the opening of the Euro-Chocolate Festival. To open the sweet gathering, workers used three tons of dark chocolate to build a giant chocolate igloo. There's even a "beauty farm" where the dark stuff is used for massages, nail decorations and hair styling.

Goodbye

PARK: That looks like a sweet way to end our show. We'll see you tomorrow for more CNN Student News. I'm Christina Park.

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