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Solomons Quake Triggers Tsunami, Destroys Villages

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ABC News - Live Coverage Blog - February 5, 2013

A magnitude 8.0 earthquake off Solomon Islands has generated a tsunami and destroyed three villages.

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Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
http://ptwc.weather.gov/

From GDACS . . . Estimated wave height and arrival times of Tsunami
http://tinyurl.com/a72nss9 . . .

USGS - 8.0 Earthquake
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000f1s0#summary

West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/

National Data Buoy Center - Facebook Announcement
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=401774316576562&id=128538033843673

National Data Buoy Center - Station 51425 - NORTHWEST APIA - 370 NM NW of Apia, Samoa
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=51425&type=2&seriestime=20130206013000

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tvnz.co.nz - Reuters - February 6, 2013

Villages in the Solomon Islands have been destroyed by a tsunami generated by a massive earthquake, ONE News has been told.

Director of Nursing Augustine Bilve at Lata Hospital said he had received information that three villages close to Lata had been hit.

"But it's more likely that other villages along the coast of Santa Cruz would also be affected," Bilve said.

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