The 2009, magnitude-8.1 Samoa earthquake dealt a great deal of damage to the Samoan Islands: Tsunami waves as high as 14 meters (46 feet) wiped out multiple villages, claiming nearly 200 lives and severely damaging water ...
Earth Sciences
May 17, 2019
2
22
(PhysOrg.com) -- U.S. seismologists have found evidence that the massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean weakened at least a portion of California's famed San Andreas Fault. The ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2009
0
0
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite continues to provide rainfall and cloud height data on powerful Cyclone Evan as it crawls through the Samoan Islands with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains. ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2012
0
0
(AP) -- The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high - more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2009
0
0
As Tropical Cyclone 20P formed in the Southern Pacific Ocean NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed storm cloud top temperatures while the RapidScat instrument looked at surface winds. The National Weather Service in Pago Pago expects ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 20, 2016
0
22
Improving our knowledge of the Samoan swallowtail butterfly, and the relationships it has with other species, is vital to stop the species from becoming extinct.
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2023
0
1
University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have found Pacific Island migrants are moving to rural Australia to avoid remitting earnings to their wider community in their home countries.
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2012
0
0
