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The deadly tsunami that pounded several South Pacific islands last year was spawned by not one but two monstrous earthquakes, surprising new research reveals.

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The tsunami that killed more than 180 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high — more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists said Friday.

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Filipinos were not the only ones who suffered from calamities. At almost the same time that the Philippines was experiencing the wrath of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng, the World Heritage town of Hoi An in Vietnam was also flooded, Indonesia was wrecked with intensity 8 earthquake and Samoa, one of 15 islands in the Pacific was swept over by tsunami.

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A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on yesterday, triggering landslides and trapping thousands under collapsed buildings — including two hospitals, an official said. At least 75 bodies were found, but the toll was expected to be far higher.

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The deadly tsunami that pounded several South Pacific islands last year was spawned by not one but two monstrous earthquakes, surprising new research reveals.

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The tsunami that killed more than 180 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high — more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists said Friday.

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A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on yesterday, triggering landslides and trapping thousands under collapsed buildings — including two hospitals, an official said. At least 75 bodies were found, but the toll was expected to be far higher.

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