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News Release 10-144
Deadly Tonga Earthquake Revealed as Three Big Quakes
September 29, 2009, event was seismic triple-whammy
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The Sept. 29, 2009, quake in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga was in fact a triple-quake.
Credit: Keith Koper, University of Utah
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Keith Koper, director of the University of Utah Seismograph Stations, looks at quake evidence.
Credit: Remi Barron, University of Utah
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