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Pages in category "Natural disasters in Samoa" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
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).
Natural disasters in Samoa (2 C, 4 P) S. Shipwrecks of Samoa (6 P) This page was last edited on 26 March 2022, at 14:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Pages in category "Natural disasters in American Samoa" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami
In some regions, tsunami sirens are used to help alert the public. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), located on Ford Island, Hawaii, is one of two tsunami warning centers in the United States, covering Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific, as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea.
Hurricane-fueled flash floods and mudslides. Hawaii is increasingly under siege from disasters, and what is escalating most is wildfire, according to an Associated Press analysis of Federal ...
In June 2023, Samoa was hit by heavy floods. [1] Savaiʻi was the most affected region with widespread power outages and damaged roads and bridges. [1] [2] Homes were destroyed in Saipipi, [3] and floodwaters reached a meter deep in Sapapaliʻi. [4] The floods were a result of heavy rain, [1] [5] with 300mm of rain falling in 24 hours. [2]
2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami This page was last edited on 15 January 2022, at 20:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. ...