Pacific Rim eyes post-quake tsunami – answers
true/false
- A big tsunami struck American and Western Samoa. F: a series of small tsunamis
- Approximately 100 people were killed. T
- New Zealand issued an alert on Wednesday. F: Japan issued this alert
- The earthquake off Samoa registered 8.2. F: 8.0
- Schools in French Polynesia were evacuated. T
- People in New Zealand moved to higher ground before the alerts was issued. F: after the alert was issued
- The alert was cancelled later in the day. T
- Waves of over 4 metres were confirmed. F: these were unconfirmed
- A recent tsunami in Asia happened in 2004. T
- 230 people died in this disaster. F: 230.000