2009 Samoa Islands earthquake and tsunami

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The 2009 Samoa Islands earthquake and tsunami was a powerful undersea megathrust earthquake in the South Pacific that generated devastating tsunamis, causing significant loss of life and widespread destruction across Samoa, American Samoa, and nearby islands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earthquake ⓘ
affectedArea Samoa Islands ⓘ
Tutuila, American Samoa ⓘ
linked to: Tutuila

Upolu, Samoa ⓘ
affectedCountry American Samoa ⓘ
Samoa ⓘ
Tonga ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2009 Samoa Islands earthquake ⓘ
2009 Samoa earthquake ⓘ
2009 Samoa tsunami ⓘ
casualtiesTotal about 189 deaths ⓘ
countryResponse Samoa declared a state of emergency ⓘ
United States declared a major disaster in American Samoa ⓘ
damageType building collapse ⓘ
coastal flooding ⓘ
infrastructure destruction ⓘ
road and bridge damage ⓘ
date 2009-09-29 ⓘ
day 29 ⓘ
deaths about 149 in Samoa ⓘ
about 34 in American Samoa ⓘ
at least 9 in Tonga ⓘ
displacedPeople thousands ⓘ
economicImpact severe in American Samoa ⓘ
severe in Samoa ⓘ
severe in Tonga ⓘ
epicenterLocation south of Samoa ⓘ
epicenterOcean South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
epicenterRegion Samoa Islands region ⓘ
faultType megathrust ⓘ
generated multiple tsunami waves ⓘ
injuries hundreds ⓘ
internationalAid Australia provided assistance ⓘ
New Zealand provided assistance ⓘ
United States provided assistance ⓘ
magnitudeMoment 8.1 ⓘ
magnitudeScale Mw ⓘ
maximumMercalliIntensity VI (Strong) ⓘ
monitoredBy Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ⓘ
United States Geological Survey ⓘ
month September ⓘ
plateInvolved Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
primaryCauseOfDeath tsunami ⓘ
relatedTo Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction zone ⓘ
timeUTC 17:48 ⓘ
triggered tsunami ⓘ
tsunamiHeightMax about 14 m ⓘ
waveArrivalTime within minutes on nearby coasts ⓘ
year 2009 ⓘ

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Niuatoputapu Island → experiencedEvent → 2009 Samoa Islands earthquake and tsunami ⓘ
2009 Samoa Islands earthquake and tsunami → alsoKnownAs → 2009 Samoa earthquake ⓘ
linked to: 2009 Samoa Islands earthquake and tsunami
2009 Samoa Islands earthquake and tsunami → alsoKnownAs → 2009 Samoa Islands earthquake ⓘ
linked to: 2009 Samoa Islands earthquake and tsunami
2009 Samoa Islands earthquake and tsunami → alsoKnownAs → 2009 Samoa tsunami ⓘ
linked to: 2009 Samoa Islands earthquake and tsunami