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Tsunami Damage in Tonga
October 27, 2009 | NASA Earth Observatory

NASA’s Earth Observatory has a satellite image of tsunami damage on the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu associated with the magnitude 8.0 earthquake of September 29th, 2009. Nine people were killed by the wave.


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