Rare double earthquake causes Samoa to have a tsunami
Date: 08/19/2010
Rare double earthquake causes Samoa to have a tsunami.
A double earthquake is very rare and highly unlikely. Yet one occurred in Samoa early this month with a magnitude of 8.0 each. The double earthquake caused a massive amount of waves as scientist stated " it produced an extensional motion while the tsunami waves indicated a "thrust" event with compressional movement." The tsunami claimed over 200 lives and left thousands homeless or missing. At first scientist thought that a matter such as this was impossible but after focusing there studies for the past 6 weeks they came to realize that a double earthquake is possible and can be very deadly making this event a prime example.
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