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2009 Samoa earthquake

2009 CE · Samoan Islands, Oceania · Disaster

The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Tonga–Kermadec subduction zone. The submarine earthquake occurred in an extensional environment and had a moment magnitude of 8. 1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). It was the largest earthquake of 2009.

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