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Quake generates tsunami in Pacific [1]

A powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific off American Samoa generated a tsunami, US government agencies said on Tuesday.

Sea level readings indicated a tsunami was generated in the Pacific, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, a branch of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said.

Publication Date: 
30/09/2009
Tribune (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
South Pacific Ocean [3], Tsunami [4], Research Agencies [5], United States Of America (US) [6], New Zealand [7]

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