On 29 September 2009, at the universal time of 17:48:07, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre reported an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 8.3 in the Pacific, off American Samoa; which generated a Pacific wide tsunami warning.
The earthquake lasted over five minutes. The epicentre of the quake was located 190 km southwest of American Samoa. Samoan reports say the wave that hit in Apia was 0.7 of a metre while the second.
TS-2009-000210-TON Tsunami,Tonga: Initial assessments indicate that 800 people have been displaced
76 homes have been destroyed
There have been 9 confirmed deaths and a further 5 people in critical condition have been flown to Nuku?alofa
(1830 of 6487)
