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Huge 7.8 earthquake prompts Pacific tsunami warning
Port Vila (AFP) Oct 8, 2009 A huge 7.8-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for large parts of the South Pacific on Thursday, days after giant waves killed 177 people in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga. The quake struck 294 kilometres (183 miles) from Vanuatu's Espiritu Santo island at a shallow depth of 35 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). It prompted a tsunami alert for Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu and New Caledonia, among others. The giant tremor comes eight days after an 8.0-magnitude South Pacific earthquake hurled a wall of water at the Samoan islands and Tonga, obliterating entire villages. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Searchers comb wreckage for Samoan tsunami deadSaleapaga, Samoa (AFP) Oct 5, 2009 Search teams combed the jumble of smashed houses and ripped foliage Monday in their search for human remains nearly a week after a tsunami devastated Samoa and neighbouring islands. Seven people remain missing in Samoa and another two in neighbouring American Samoa following last Tuesday's tsunami, which crashed into the South Pacific islands following an 8.3-magnitude earthquake. ... read more |
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