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English: Security camera footage of the September 29, 2009 American Samoa Tsunami striking the parking lot outside the FBI office in American Samoa. This is just the last 20 seconds of the 2 minute video released by the FBI.
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 submarine earthquake occurred in an extensional environment and had a moment magnitude of 8.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong).
Samoa_tsunami_animation_20090929_samoa_a.ogv (Ogg Theora video file, length 40 s, 384 × 288 pixels, 1.67 Mbps, file size: 7.94 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.
The earthquake struck under the ocean about 269.2 km (167.3 miles) south-southwest of Tafuna in American Samoa at a depth of 36 km (22.4 miles), according to the United States Geological Survey.
The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami caused major destruction in American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga mostly due to a 14 m (46 ft) high tsunami hitting the coasts of the three countries. At least 143 people killed, 310 others injured, five others missing, 405 homes destroyed, 161 others damaged and a total of $124 million worth of damages in Samoa ...
Security camera footage of the 2009 tsunami surging through a parking lot. On September 29, 2009, an earthquake struck in the South Pacific, near Samoa and American Samoa, sending a tsunami into Pago Pago and surrounding areas. The tsunami caused moderate to severe damage to villages, buildings and vehicles and caused 34 deaths and hundreds of ...
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A tsunami warning for American Samoa was lifted after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck between American Samoa and Tonga on Sunday. The epicenter was about 108 km (67 miles) north ...