Field Survey of the Samoa Tsunami of 29 September 2009

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Research Article| July 01, 2010 Field Survey of the Samoa Tsunami of 29 September 2009 Emile A. Okal; Emile A. Okal Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. emile@earth.northwestern.edu (E. A. O.) 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Hermann M. Fritz; Hermann M. Fritz Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. emile@earth.northwestern.edu (E. A. O.) 2School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah, GA 31407 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Costas E. Synolakis; Costas E. Synolakis Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. emile@earth.northwestern.edu (E. A. O.) 3Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 4Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 73100 Chania, Greece Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar José C. Borrero; José C. Borrero Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. emile@earth.northwestern.edu (E. A. O.) 3Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 5ASR Ltd., 1 Wainui Road, Raglan 3225, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Robert Weiss; Robert Weiss Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. emile@earth.northwestern.edu (E. A. O.) 6Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Patrick J. Lynett; Patrick J. Lynett Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. emile@earth.northwestern.edu (E. A. O.) 7Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Vasily V. Titov; Vasily V. Titov Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. emile@earth.northwestern.edu (E. A. O.) 8Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratories, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Spyros Foteinis; Spyros Foteinis Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. emile@earth.northwestern.edu (E. A. O.) 4Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 73100 Chania, Greece Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Bruce E. Jaffe; Bruce E. Jaffe Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. emile@earth.northwestern.edu (E. A. O.) 9USGS Pacific Science Center, 400 Natural Bridges Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Philip L.-F. Liu; Philip L.-F. Liu Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. emile@earth.northwestern.edu (E. A. O.) 10School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar I-chi Chan I-chi Chan Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. emile@earth.northwestern.edu (E. A. O.) 10School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Seismological Research Letters (2010) 81 (4): 577–591. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.4.577 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation 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; Field Survey of the Samoa Tsunami of 29 September 2009. Seismological Research Letters 2010;; 81 (4): 577–591. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.4.577 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search 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... 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