• The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone. The...
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  • earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 8.3 earthquake, no injuries or fatalities anywhere 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 8.0 earthquake with an epicenter...
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    hotspot model. The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami killed more than 170 people in the Samoa Islands and Tonga. The M8.1 submarine earthquake took place in...
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    following the earthquake and tsunami. Ingraham was responsible for the capture of nine drug smuggling vessels, apprehension of 29 suspects, and 11,937 kg...
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    1–6) about the causes of tsunamis. He argued that such events could only be explained as a consequence of ocean earthquakes, and could see no other possible...
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    approximately six minutes and caused a tsunami. It is sometimes known in Japan as the "Great East Japan Earthquake" (東日本大震災, Higashi nihon daishinsai),...
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    87,351 fatalities, and the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes with at least 59,488 fatalities. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami became the costliest...
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    an earlier eruption in Tonga 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami 2009 Tonga undersea volcanic eruption List of earthquakes in Tonga Tonga Trench The volcano...
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    The 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto del 27F) occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34:12 local time...
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  • notable, the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami registered an 8.1 on the moment magnitude scale, the most powerful earthquake in 2009. The tsunami associated...
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  • triggered by the earthquake, which affected both American Samoa and German Samoa, which was then under Allied occupation. The tsunami reached a maximum...
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    way to warn the public about tsunami threats. After the 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake, which generated a tsunami and killed more than 170 people in...
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    of tsunamis affecting IndonesiaAnak Krakatau 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami 2009 Samoa earthquake...
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  • FFAS Senior League (category Football competitions in American Samoa)
    only available pitch in Pago Pago was badly damaged in the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami. During the 2010 season, all matches were held at the Kananafou...
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    has experienced over 50 minor tsunamis. The earliest and most impactful tsunami before the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami occurred in 1917. This event...
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  • Christian Athletes, and played in the Harvest Crusade of 2008, 2009, and 2013. Following the devastation of the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami, the Katinas...
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    Falehau and Vaipoa. The population of the village is 301 (as of 2021). Hihifo was extensively damaged in the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami with a number...
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    Borrero; Costas E. Synolakis (2004). "The earthquake and tsunami of 1865 November 17: evidence for far-field tsunami hazard from Tonga". Geophysical Journal...
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    Anecdotal Accounts of Destructive Tsunamis: A Case Study for the Great 1852 Banda Arc Mega-Thrust Earthquake and Tsunami" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research:...
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  • island, and Falehau. Niuatoputapu was extensively damaged in the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami with a number of fatalities. The tsunami followed...
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    and 13 female. This gender imbalance, which has inflated the proportion of male to females, may have been a consequence of the 2009 Samoa earthquake and...
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    Retrieved March 29, 2021. "American Samoa Earthquake and Tsunami". U.S. Department of the Interior. October 13, 2009. Archived from the original on March...
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    further to the east and southeast. The island was affected by the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami with a run up height to 4.4 m (14 ft) and up to 95 m (312 ft)...
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  • and Vaipoa. Falehau was extensively damaged by the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami. The tsunami resulted from an 8.0 Mw earthquake in the Samoan Islands...
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    Lefaga (category Samoa geography stubs)
    of the areas hit by the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami with fatalities and extensive damage. "The welcome mat is out in Samoa for 50th anniversary celebration...
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  • extensively damaged in the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami. Most of Lepā village was destroyed, leaving just the church and the village's welcome sign...
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  • airport from the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami caused it to be temporarily closed following the disaster. After clearing the mud and debris of the runway...
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    Station, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, respectively. 2008 – Hurricane Ike 20092009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami 2010 – Haiti earthquake; Deepwater...
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    largest and most populous island of American Samoa and is part of the archipelago of the Samoan Islands. It is the third largest island in the Samoan Islands...
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    money for a young Samoan who broke his neck playing rugby and whose village was destroyed in the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami. It was revealed at...
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