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Event: TS Tsunami Number: 2009-000210 Country: TON Tonga Location: Date (YMD): 2009-10-2 Time: Duration: Magnitude: Information Source: IFRC Information bulletin Comments: 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 Aproximate Location::   THIS DISASTER ON THE INTERNET:	Useful Links: Back to Search results New Search Statistics Charts Tabular Reports Related Records: Same Event in other Countries: TS-2009-000210-WSM Tsunami,Samoa: 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.