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Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 

SOLOMON ISLANDS EARTHQUAKE GENERATES SMALL BUT DEADLY TSUNAMI IN SOUTH PACIFIC FEBRUARY 6, 2013 M8.0. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA . LOCATION OF EARTHQUAKE: February 6, 2013. SEISMICITY NEAR EPICENTER OF EARTHQUAKE. THE TSUNAMI: SMALL, BUT DEADLY.

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Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 

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  1. SOLOMON ISLANDS EARTHQUAKE GENERATES SMALL BUT DEADLY TSUNAMI IN SOUTH PACIFIC FEBRUARY 6, 2013M8.0 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 

  2. LOCATION OF EARTHQUAKE: February 6, 2013

  3. SEISMICITY NEAR EPICENTER OF EARTHQUAKE

  4. THE TSUNAMI: SMALL, BUT DEADLY • A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islandsgenerated a tsunami up to 1.5 metres (5ft) high that damaged dozens of homes and left several people missing, or presumed dead near the town ofLata in the Santa Cruz Islands.

  5. THE TSUNAMI WARNING WAS CANCELLED FOR DISTANT LOCATIONS

  6. PAST SOUTH PACIFIC TSUNAMI

  7. TSUNAMI STRIKES AMERICAN SAMOA A M8.3 EARTHQUAKE IN THE PACIFIC GENERATES 9 M TSUNAMI WAVE RUNUP September 29, 2009

  8. LOCATION

  9. AMERICAN SAMOA’S ROSE ISLAND: A PART OF ROSE ATOLL

  10. ANATOMY OF A TSUNAMI

  11. THE EARTHQUAKE • The earthquake struck 125 miles south of Apia, Samoa and about 139 miles southwest of Pago Pago on American Samoa. • The tremor, which struck at 6.48 a.m. local time, had a shallow depth of about 11.2 miles, making it more destructive.

  12. PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER

  13. PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER • A warning was issued immediately for American Samoa, Samoa, Niue, Wallis-Futuna, Tokelau, Cook Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Kermadec Islands, Fiji, Howland-Baker, Jarvis Island, New Zealand, French Polynesia, Palmyra Island, Vanuatu, Nauru, Marshall Island, the Solomon Islands, Johnston Island, New Caledonia, Kosrae, Papua New Guinea, Pohnpei, and Wake Island

  14. IMPACTS: FAGATOGO; VERTICAL EVACUATION

  15. IMPACTS ON AMERICAN SAMOA • Samoa and American Samoa (population of 180,000), both located about 130 miles from the earthquake epicenter, experienced the worst effects. • Some villages on American Samoa were destroyed by tsunami wave runup. • Early estimates of at least 200 deaths.

  16. AMERICAN SAMOA • In the harbor of Pago Pago, on American Samoa, one tsunami wave reached a height of at least 13.1 foot (4 meter), according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. • Some witnesses described one of the tsunamis to be as high as 30 feet (9.1 meter).

  17. IMPACTS: PAGO PAGO

  18. IMPACTS: PAGO PAGO

  19. IMPACTS: PAGO PAGO

  20. IMPACTS: FAGATOGO

  21. IMPACTS: FAGATOGO

  22. IMPACTS: SIUMU

  23. IMPACTS: LEONE

  24. ASSISTANCE • Australia immediately offered assistance. • The US Coast Guard developed a comprehensive response to meet emerging needs.

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