29 September 2009, Mw 8.0, Samoa Islands

1) Alert Information	International PTWC Official Messages - (DOC 99.5 KB) US NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center WC/ATWC Official Messages - (DOC 123 KB) US NOAA West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center ITIC Timeline - (DOC 105 KB) UNESCO/IOC - NOAA International Tsunami Information Center
2) Sea Level	Sea Level Observations - (DOC 30.5 KB) US NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Dart Observations - (DOC 24.0 KB) US NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Sea Level Records SW Pacific summary, as of 2239Z, 29 Sept - (DOC 311 KB) UNESCO/IOC - NOAA ITIC SW Pacific, as of 0000Z, 30 Sept - (DOC 909 KB) Apia, Pago Pago (PAGO, PAGX), Papeete, Penryn, Rarotonga (RARO, RARB), Tonga, Upolu, Kiribati (XMAS) UNESCO/IOC - NOAA ITIC Around Hawaii, as of 0138X, 30 Sept - (DOC 558 KB) Nawiliwili, Honolulu, Kahalui, Hilo, Kawaihae, Kaumalapau, Moku, Johnston Island UNESCO/IOC - NOAA ITIC Coastal Sea Level Data and Graphs - (Website) US NOAA West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Pacific basin, WC/ATWC - (ZIP 5.36 MB) 69 sea level stations Russia - (JPG 115 KB) Severo-Kurilsk Tide Gauge Sakhlin Tsunami Warning Center, Russia Russia - (JPG 66.0 KB) Malokurilsk Station Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics New Zealand - (PDF 539 KB) NIWA, Rob Bell
3) Seismic	U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center USGS NEIC Earthquake Information - (Website) Historical Seismicity - (JPG 175 KB) Earthquake Plot - (JPG 57.2 KB) Seismicity Cross Section - (JPG 137 KB) Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution - (PDF 8.27 KB) Earthquake Summary Poster - (PDF 5.01 MB)
4) Model Simulations	NOAA PMEL Center for Tsunami Research - (Website) Tsunami Propagation Animation - (MOV 31 MB) Maximum Wave Amplitude Distribution - (PNG 1.04 MB) Disaster Control Research Center, Tohoku University (Website) European Commision Joint Research Center Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (Website) SWAN-JRC Tsunami Model Tsunami Wave Model Heights - Tutuila, Upolu, Savai'i - (PDF 3.52 MB) URS Corporation, Oct 7, 2009
4) Media	Quake Near Samoa Sets Off Tsunami The New York Times Major earthquake hits Samoa, tsunami warning enforced Samoalivenewsline Deadly tsunami strikes in Pacific BBC At least seven dead after quake, tsunami hit Samoa The New Zealand Herald Homes reported swept away in Samoa Honolulu Star-Bulletin Tsunami watch canceled but officials say stay out of the water today Honolulu Star-Bulletin Tsunami death toll climbs to 119 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Destruction and death left in wake Honolulu Star-Bulletin Pacific tsunami: Aid efforts begin in Samoa The Christian Science Monitor Updates on the Tsunami in Samoa The New York Times Aid Flows to Tsunami-Hit Samoas; Death Toll at 119 The New York Times The Day of the Tsunami The New York Times NZ aid arrives in Samoa The New Zealand Herald They have just minutes to issue tsunami warning CNN How Prepared Are Countries for a Tsunami? Time
5) Photos	In pictures: Pacific tsunami BBC Strong quake triggers tsunami in Samoa Yahoo News Samoa Tsunami Gordon Y. (NOAA) Tsunami brings terror to Samoa, Tonga The New Zealand Herald Tsunami Wipes Out Villages in South Pacific The Wall Street Journal
6) Post-Tsunami Surveys	American Samoa Inspection of the tsunami impacted area in American Samoa by the Integration of Tsunami Model and High-resolution satellite images Disaster Control Research Center, Tohoku University Digital Globe Quickbird images 4 hrs after earthquake - (PDF 1.38 MB) Samoa Tonga

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