File:Earthquake off Samoa Generates Tsunami (Before).jpg

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In the wake of a magnitude 8.0 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquake</a>, tsunami waves rolled onto the Tongan island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niuatoputapu" class="extiw" title="en:Niuatoputapu">Niuatoputapu</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Zealand_Herald" class="extiw" title="en:The New Zealand Herald">New Zealand Herald</a> reported that waves up to 6 meters high hit the island. The north-east shoreline (facing the earthquake <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicenter" class="extiw" title="en:Epicenter">epicentre</a>) received the most damage, followed by the towns of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hihifo" class="extiw" title="en:Hihifo">Hihifo</a> and Felehau. Nine residents were killed. In this image <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetation" class="extiw" title="en:Vegetation">vegetation</a> is red, while bare ground is pale blue-grey. In this image <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cloud" title="Cloud">clouds</a> and breaking <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wave" title="Wave">waves</a> are white or cyan.

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current15:47, 17 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 15:47, 17 January 20171,800 × 1,800 (315 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)In the wake of a magnitude 8.0 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquake</a>, tsunami waves rolled onto the Tongan island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niuatoputapu" class="extiw" title="en:Niuatoputapu">Niuatoputapu</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Zealand_Herald" class="extiw" title="en:The New Zealand Herald">New Zealand Herald</a> reported that waves up to 6 meters high hit the island. The north-east shoreline (facing the earthquake <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicenter" class="extiw" title="en:Epicenter">epicentre</a>) received the most damage, followed by the towns of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hihifo" class="extiw" title="en:Hihifo">Hihifo</a> and Felehau. Nine residents were killed. In this image <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetation" class="extiw" title="en:Vegetation">vegetation</a> is red, while bare ground is pale blue-grey. In this image <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cloud" title="Cloud">clouds</a> and breaking <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wave" title="Wave">waves</a> are white or cyan.
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