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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). It was the largest earthquake of 2009.
The 2009 Dusky Sound earthquake damaged buildings, caused power and telephone outages, as well as landslides throughout Southland. The South Island was moved 30 cm (12 in) to the west after the earthquake. A tsunami with a maximum height of 1 m (3 ft 3 in) was observed in Jackson Bay. [109] - - 15 [110]
250 dead as a magnitude 7.8 earthquake and tsunami hit east Java and Bali on 3 June 1994. 1994: Shikotan, Kuril Islands: Earthquake: A magnitude 8.3 earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off Shikotan on 4 October 1994 generated a tsunami with a run-up height of as much as 10 metres (33 ft) on Shikotan. [144] 1998: Papua New Guinea: 1998 Papua New ...
Aftershocks continued Friday after a strong earthquake that prompted a tsunami warning for parts of the U.S. West Coast Thursday. "At this time, there have been 59 earthquakes of magnitude three ...
A powerful earthquake shook the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Thursday evening, but countries in the region said there was no threat of a tsunami. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake was ...
About three hours after the earthquake struck, the US Tsunami Warning Center announced there was no longer a threat Earthquake triggers 3ft wave tsunami warnings across South Pacific Skip to main ...
2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami: 27 February 2010 03:34 (local time) Maule Region, Chile: 550 8.8 M w [62] Including 25 missing. 2010 Chile earthquake: 11 March 2011 14:46 (local time) Tohoku region, Japan: 22,312 9.1 M w [63] Including 2,553 missing. One death each in Papua, Indonesia and California by tsunami. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and ...
While earthquakes as large as 6.5 or below are very unlikely to trigger a tsunami and those between 6.5 and 7.5 do not usually produce destructive tsunamis, larger earthquakes could result in much ...