EARTHQUAKE SAMOA ISLAND MW 8,3 RICHTER , TSUNAMI 8 METERS

Friday 2 October 11:20
The 2009 Samoa earthquake was an 8.0 Mw earthquake which took place in the Samoan Islands region at 06:48:11 local time onSeptember 29, 2009 (17:48:11 UTC, September 29). It is the largest earthquake so far in 2009.
A tsunami was generated which caused substantial damage and loss of life in Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center recorded a 3-inch (76 mm) rise in sea levels near the epicenter.
The quake occurred on the outer rise of the Kermadec-Tonga Subduction Zone where the Pacific Plate dives under the Australian Plate. This is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates in the earth's lithosphere meet and earthquakes and volcanic activity are common.
The areas hit by the tsunami are American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga where more than 189 people have been killed, most of them in Samoa. Large waves with no major damage were reported on the coasts of Fiji, the northern coast of New Zealand and Rarotonga in theCook Islands. People took precautions in the low-lying atolls of Tokelau and moved to higher ground. Niue was reported as reasonably safe because it is high. There have been no reports of high waves from Vanuatu, Kiribati, New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands.


Aggiornamento Venerdì 2 ottobre ore 11:20 ITALIANO
LALOMANU, Samoa - Gli abitanti di Samoa hanno seppellito oggi i loro morti sulla spiaggia, mentre continuano le operazioni di recupero dei corpi nei villaggi distrutti da quattro tsunami e una nuova scossa di terremoto ha colpito la zona.
Nel paradiso del Pacifico meridionale, qualcuno ha già iniziato a ricostruire, sgomberando le macerie delle case distrutte. Altri rimangono invece sulle montagne, impauriti all'idea di tornare nelle zone costiere per timore che l'oceano possa uccidere ancora.
Una nuova scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 6.3 ha colpito la regione a sud di Tonga oggi, secondo quanto ha riferito l'U.S. Geological Service.
Le vittime confermate degli tsunami di martedì, provocato da un terremoto sottomarino di magnitudo 8, sono 149 a Samoa, 31 nelle Samoa Americane e nove a Tonga.