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NEWS ABOUT: Tonga

Tonga stories: 4 news summaries

 Fresh Quake Rattles Tonga 

6.3 shaker jolts islands as relief efforts continue

Oct 2, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest in a series of strong earthquakes to shake the South Pacific hit Tonga today. The epicenter of 6.3 magnitude quake was some 100 miles south of the 8.0 quake that hit the region earlier this week, spawning tsunamis that killed nearly 200 people and left thousands... More »

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tsunami • natural disaster • earthquake • aftershock • Tonga • Samoa • American Samoa

 Samoa Tsunami Toll Hits 150 

Villagers describe terror of being trapped underwater

Oct 1, 09 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stunned Samoans combed through the sodden wreckage of their lives and told of the terror of being trapped underwater or flung inland by a tsunami that ravaged towns and killed at least 150 people in the South Pacific. Officials expect the death toll from Tuesday's disaster to rise as more... More »

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tsunami • natural disaster • disaster • Tonga • Samoa • American Samoa

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 Post-Quake Tsunami 
 Kills 34 in Samoa 

8.3-magnitude temblor rattles American Samoa

Sep 29, 09 6:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - An 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck the area around American Samoa today, generating a tsunami that killed as many as 34 in the US territory and adjacent Samoa, an independent state. The waves at Pago Pago were 5.1 feet above normal—smaller than originally feared— but tsunami warnings went up... More »

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South Pacific • tsunami • Pacific Ocean • New Zealand • Hawaii • Fiji • earthquake • Tonga • Samoa • American Samoa • Pago Pago • Cook Islands

 Undersea Volcano Erupts 
 in Pacific 'Ring of Fire' 

It's not yet a threat to islanders, animal life

Mar 19, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(AP) - Scientists sailed today to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga—shooting smoke, steam, and ash thousands of feet into the sky above the South Pacific ocean. The eruption doesn't pose any danger to islanders at this stage, authorities say, and there have been no... More »

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Pacific Ocean • volcano • tectonic plates • Tonga • Ring of Fire

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