Earthquake and Tsunami: American Samoa Region September 29, 2009 | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program USGS reports that a 7.9 magnitude earthquake occurred along a plate boundary... Tsunami Damage in Tonga October 27, 2009 | NASA Earth Observatory NASA's Earth Observatory has a satellite image of tsunami damage on the... Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake Near Fiji Islands December 9, 2007 | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program A magnitude 7.8 earthquake occured in the southwestern Pacific Ocean near the... Coastal Landslides and Tsunami Hazards March 28, 2009 | Dave's landslide blog Dave Petley has an interesting post with informative images titled: "Coastal... Plankton Bloom Around Chatham Islands November 18, 2008 | Earth Observatory
"On November 15, 2008, a bloom of plant-like organisms known as phytoplankton... 7.7 M Santa Cruz Islands Earthquake October 7, 2009 | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Another large earthquake in the Vanuatu region... This 7.7 earthquake occurred near... Andaman Islands Earthquake August 10, 2009 | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program A 7.6 Magnitude earthquake occurred in the Andaman Islands, located in the... NOAA’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center September 28, 2007 | NOAA Here's the place to go if you want to check for a... 7.8 M Vanuatu Earthquake and Tsunami Warning October 7, 2009 | USGS A 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Torres Islands, Vanuatu area on... Saharan Dust Over the Canary Islands March 20, 2009 | Earth Observatory Saharan dust swept over the Canary Islands in early March 2009. In... Beach Deposits: 2001 Peru Tsunami July 10, 2009 | USGS USGS has an interesting presentation of how sedimentary deposits were used to... 7.1 Japan Earthquake: Izu Islands August 9, 2009 | USGS A 7.1 magnitude earthquake beneath the Pacific Ocean off the southeastern coast... Origins of the Samoan Islands May 8, 2008 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Graduate student Matthew Jackson traveled to Samoa to learn more about how... Queen Charlotte Islands Earthquakes January 5, 2008 | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Multiple earthquakes up to 6.5 magnitude have occurred in the Queen Charlotte... New Tsunami Warning System November 13, 2008 | BBC News Indonesia has developed a new warning system which could help people evacuate... Tsunami Hazards in Oregon January 16, 2008 | United States Geological Survey USGS has published a report titled "Variations in City Exposure and Sensitivity... South Island New Zealand – 6.8 Earthquake October 15, 2007 | USGS National Earthquake Information Center A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has occurred on the west side of New... Pacific Tsunami Threat July 25, 2009 | Durham University The threat of a large tsunami occurring on the coast of Alaska... Pacific Tsunami Threat from Alaska Earthquake September 30, 2009 | Durham University The potential for a huge Pacific Ocean tsunami on the West Coast... Unusual Earthquake at Solomon Islands April 20, 2009 | Penn State University In April 2007, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred near the Solomon Islands,... |