Major South Pacific Quake Spawns Tsunami
posted: 29 September 2009 03:20 pm ET
How tsunamis work.
- How tsunamis work.
- An estimate of tsunami travel times to the coastlines around the Pacific Basin. Australia is at lower-left, Japan near upper-left, and the United States near upper right. Credit: NOAA
Updated Sept. 30, 2009, 8:09 a.m. ET:
A major earthquake struck in the Somoa Islands region of the South Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. The magnitude was 8.0, according to the USGS.
A tsunami warning was issued for New Zealand and nearby islands. According to news reports today, four waves 15 to 20 feet (4 to 6 meters) struck American Samoa, reaching up to a mile (1.5 kilometers) inland and killing at least 99 peoplehttp://www.livescience.com/environment/090929-somoa-earthquake-tsunami.html
No comments:
Post a Comment