If you do a news search for the Sept. 29, 2009 Samoa earthquake, about 10 hits will come up. I’m not a big fan of disaster anniversaries and don’t usually draw attention to them. But the Sept.

The non-eruptive volcanic earthquake swarm began in July 2022 about 15 kilometers offshore of Taʻū Island. The Samoa volcanic islands arise as the Pacific tectonic plate moves over a hotspot in ...

HONOLULU – The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6 earthquake struck waters west of Samoa and American Samoa. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The agency said Monday ...

Deadly Samoa-Tonga earthquake concealed two other quakes, seismic sleuths discover Date: August 19, 2010 Source: University of Utah Summary: A magnitude-8.1 earthquake and tsunami that killed 192 ...

CANBERRA, Australia – CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 has struck the South Pacific off the coasts of Tonga ...

Researchers at OSU who have studied and mapped the subsea terrain in the South Pacific Ocean said the Samoa earthquake occurred in a complex geological area where two of Earth's great plates collide.

As a result of the Earthquake and Tsunami that hit the Samoa Islands on Tuesday 29th September 2009, coastal areas of Samoa sustained damages with extensive destruction mainly to the South-South ...

The earthquake and resulting tsunami struck exactly one day before another disaster, one for which there was ample warning: Earlier this year, COS Samoa Packing Company, which owns one of two tuna ...