historical earthquakes california
Double Shake: Multiple, Nearly Simultaneous Earthquakes Triggered Deadly 2009 Tsunami
On the morning of September 29, 2009, a violent temblor shook the South Pacific seafloor between the islands of Tonga, Samoa and American Samoa. The earthquake stirred up tsunami waves that quickly pummeled the islands; nearly 200 people were killed, most of them in Samoa. [More]
California Marker – San Francisco’s Barbary Coast Trail