Field Survey of the Samoa Tsunami of 29 September 2009

Emile A. Okal; Hermann M. Fritz; Costas E. Synolakis; José C. Borrero; Robert Weiss; Patrick J. Lynett; Vasily V. Titov; Spyros Foteinis; Bruce E. Jaffe; Philip L.-F. Liu; I-chi Chan

doi:10.1785/gssrl.81.4.577

Field Survey of the Samoa Tsunami of 29 September 2009

Emile A. Okal
, Hermann M. Fritz
, Costas E. Synolakis
, José C. Borrero
, Robert Weiss
, Patrick J. Lynett
, Vasily V. Titov
, Spyros Foteinis
, Bruce E. Jaffe
, Philip L.-F. Liu
, I-chi Chan

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Abstract

On 29 September 2009, a strong earthquake took place south of the Samoa Islands in the southcentral Pacific. It triggered a local tsunami, which caused considerable damage and 189 fatalities on the Samoa Islands and in the northern Tonga archipelago. We present here the results of a tsunami survey conducted by an International Tsunami Survey Team in the Samoa Islands on 4-10 October 2009 and in northern Tonga on 25–27 November 2009.

The earthquake occurred at 17:48:10 GMT (local time 06:48 on the 29th in Samoa; on the 30th in Tonga), with a source located at 15.51°S and 172.03°W and...

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	577-591
Number of pages	15
Journal	Seismological Research Letters
Volume	81
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.4.577
Publication status	Published - Jul 2010

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