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By the Numbers
Record Rainfall And Big Island Earthquakes

by Jacob Shafer

February 17, 2011

609,300

Number of wage and salary jobs projected for Hawaii in 2012, the highest total since 2008

27,700

Amount by which the number of wage and salary jobs decreased in Hawaii between 2008 and 2009, from 625,400 to 597,700

1.6 inches

Rainfall at Kahului Airport on February 11, the highest total ever recorded for that day

42

Minimum number of earthquakes that occurred in a 24-hour period last week around the Big Island's Kilauea Volcano; scientists are also monitoring rising lava levels in the Halemaumau Crater