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Just incase some of you haven't heard, Samoa has been hit with a massive wave in the form of a tsunami set off by an earthquake which had rocked the island yesterday (measuring an 8.0 on the scales).

So far 14 are confirmed dead on account of the earthquake and the toll according to www.ninemsn.com.au is now at 28.

Please keep those effected by this disaster in your thoughts and prayers.

If you are able, keep up to date by checking a national or worldwide news organisation.

I really urge that anyone that is able to help, please donate what you can to any aid organisations that form to help out the victims in Samoa, American Samoa and Philippines.


News organisations to follow:
www.reuters.com/
www.samoalivenews.com/
www.ninemsn.com.au

The most recent from Reuters.com; partial quotes...

"...were unconfirmed reports of waves taller than 4 meters (13 ft)..."

"...the local weather authority had released a statement with 14 dead in the last hour..."-Senetenari Malele, announcer for local radio station


Link:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2916050620090930

oh no! that's horrible.... nature just can't seem to stop these days..

Please pass around the news and keep updated via the links provided

Unofficial death toll has surpassed 140, thousands have fled to the Samoan mountain ranges for safety, many more thousands are injured. A majority of the victims have been left homeless and there are up to 100 missing, feared dead.

A very sad tragic event.

Just three days ago I was watching the History Channel (I think) and they were showing the footage of the 2005 Tsunami.

Another load of people killed by an earthquake in Indonesia too. Seems like that South East part of the world is getting hit with everything lately. Got a feeling these are all small events preceeding something massive in terms of seismic activity.

Originally posted by jaden101
Another load of people killed by an earthquake in Indonesia too. Seems like that South East part of the world is getting hit with everything lately. Got a feeling these are all small events preceeding something massive in terms of seismic activity.

Isn't it usually the opposite? Earthquakes release built up pressure and friction between plates.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Isn't it usually the opposite? Earthquakes release built up pressure and friction between plates.

Depends. Sometimes massive events are preceeded by relatively smaller events...Even if those smaller events still reach 8.3 on the Richter scale as the recent one did.

Massive volcanic eruptions are also preceeded by large quakes as well. Could be a supervolcano or just an extremely large standard eruption.

There's been about 50 quakes measuring around 5.0 just today in the Samoa area. Plus another shit load in the South East Asia area.

2 in the last week measuring 7.6 and 8.3.

I know the area is hugely active seismically but this is unusual in terms of numbers and intensity.

The main quake measured an 8.3