What the records say
- When
- 29 Sep 2009
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 15.49° S, 172.09° W
- Deaths
- 192
- Injuries
- 7
- Damage musd
- 285
- Max water height m
- 22.35
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.1
- Runups
- 618
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2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami
Natural disaster in the southern Pacific Ocean
The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Tonga–Kermadec 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 earthquake initiated with a normal-faulting event with a magnitude of 8.1.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page