Vaipoa
Vaipoa is one of three villages on the island of Niuatoputapu in Tonga. The population is 172.
The other two villages on Niuatoputapu are Hihifo, which is the main village on the island, and Falehau.
Niuatoputapu was extensively damaged in the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami with a number of fatalities.
The tsunami followed an earthquake of an 8.0 Mw earthquake in the Samoan Islands region at 06:48:11 local time on 29 September 2009 (17:48:11 UTC).
References
- ^ "ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT" The World Bank. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
- ^ "PRELIMINARY RESULT TONGA POPULATION CENSUS 2021" (PDF). Tonga Statistics Department. 24 December 2021. p. 5. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Looking back | 4 years after devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Breaking News, World News and Video from al Jazeera".
- ^ Magnitude 8.0 - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION Archived 7 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine Report on U.S. Geological Service's website. Retrieved online d.d. 5 October 2009.
15°57′S 173°45′W / 15.950°S 173.750°W
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