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Low lying areas in Fiji evacuated after tsunami alert: officials
Suva (AFP) Oct 8, 2009 Fiji was put on tsunami alert Thursday with many areas close to the sea being evacuated following a major earthquake near Vanuatu, officials said. Many offices and schools near the coast have been closed and Fiji's disaster management office advised hotels to take tourists to higher ground. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Huge 7.8 earthquake prompts Pacific tsunami warningPort Vila (AFP) Oct 8, 2009 A huge 7.8-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for large parts of the South Pacific on Thursday, days after giant waves killed 177 people in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga. The quake struck 294 kilometres (183 miles) from Vanuatu's Espiritu Santo island at a shallow depth of 35 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). It prompted a tsunami alert for Fiji, t ... read more |
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