Sela Plana News » Samoa http://www.selaplana.net Sports, Entertainment, Personal and Technology Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:48:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 American Samoa and Samoa Hit by Tsunami http://www.selaplana.net/american-samoa-and-samoa-hit-by-tsunami-118.html http://www.selaplana.net/american-samoa-and-samoa-hit-by-tsunami-118.html#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:10:45 +0000 Junith http://www.selaplana.net/?p=118 A powerful quake in the South Pacific hurled massive tsunami waves at the shores of Samoa and American Samoa, flattening villages and sweeping cars and people back out to sea while leaving many dead and dozens missing.

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An earthquake with magnitude of 8.0 struck 6:48AM (local time), Tuesday, September 29, 2009. Residents fled to higher grounds but after few minutes, they were engulfed by four Tsunami waves of 4 to 6 meters high that runs to 1.5 kilometers from the shore.

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    Video Footage of the actual Samoan Tsunami
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