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Powerful Quake off Samoa Islands

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posted on Sep, 29 2009 @ 02:06 PM
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A powerful earthquake has struck near the Samoa islands, triggering a tsunami warning for several Pacific nations.

The 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit at 1748 GMT at a depth of 33km (20.5 miles).

Its epicentre was about 190km south-west of Apia on the island of Samoa, the US Geological Survey said.

A tsunami warning has been issued for the Samoa islands, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific islands, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said.

news.bbc.co.uk...

Huge earthquake off Samoa triggers tsunami watch for Hawaii

A 7.9 magnitude earthquake off American Samoa today has triggered a tsunami watch for the Hawaiian islands, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

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posted on Sep, 29 2009 @ 07:13 PM
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News just coming in....

15 deaths reported...
Huge wave...
Warnings issued for California and Oregon.

More to come.



posted on Sep, 29 2009 @ 07:15 PM
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posted on Sep, 29 2009 @ 07:16 PM
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Multiple threads on it already, here's the oldest one... 8 pages ATM

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