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A Digital Globe satellite image shows moments after a Tsunami wave hit Pago Pago village on the island of American Samoa
30 Sep 2009
Source: Reuters
 
A Digital Globe satellite image shows moments after a Tsunami wave hit Pago Pago village on the island of American Samoa September 29, 2009. Relief workers in American and Western Samoa on Thursday searched for survivors after a series of tsunamis generated by a 8.0 magnitude quake southwest of American Samoa smashed into the tiny Pacific islands, killing possibly more than 100 people and flattening villages. REUTERS/DigitalGlobe/Handout (AMERICAN SAMOA DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) MANDATORY CREDIT. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
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Indonesian students read at a makeshift classroom near their classroom that was damaged by last week's earthquake in Padang, Indonesia's West Sumatra province October 12, 2009. Indonesia's port city Padang was ...




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