http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg USGS Multimedia Gallery for Set: Tsunamis http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif USGS http://gallery.usgs.gov/ <![CDATA[Roof moved into the ocean in Fagasa, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_0 <![CDATA[Only the foundation of a house in Fagasa, American Samoa remains after the tsunami hit on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_1 <![CDATA[Marie Chan Kau, a staff member at American Samoa Community College and a member of the International Tsunami Survey Team, points to the maximum water level reached by the tsunami that struck American Samoa on Sept. 29, 2009. This spot, found in Fagasa, American Samoa, is about about 10 meters above sea level.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_2 <![CDATA[Sediment inundated a building in Pago Pago, American Samoa as a result of a Tsunami that struck the coast on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_3 <![CDATA[Cars damaged by the tsunami in Fagasa, American Samoa. The tsunami hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_4 <![CDATA[USGS oceanographer Bruce Jaffe standing next to a boat thrown ashore in Pago Pago, American Samoa by the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_5 <![CDATA[The water from the tsunami that hit American Samoa on September 29, 2009 was strong enough to destroy homes and move large objects, such as the boulder pictured here.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_6 <![CDATA[Tsunami flow depth (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/tsu-terms.html) at Alofau, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_8 <![CDATA[Tsunami flow depth (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/tsu-terms.html) indicator at Fagasa, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009. Vegetation is brown where it was submerged by the tsunami and green above.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_9 <![CDATA[Car thrown into building in Pago Pago, American Samoa during the tsunami that struck the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_10 <![CDATA[Vasily Titov (left) of the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and USGS oceanographer Bruce Jaffe (right) standing next to a tsunami warning sign. Signs like this warn people living on the coast to go to higher ground after an earthquake. ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_11 <![CDATA[Boat thrown onto fish pond in Maloata, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_12 <![CDATA[Aluminum roofs and debris transported behind the village of Tula on the east shore of American Samoa following the Tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009. The tsunami runup (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/tsu-terms.html) was 16-26 feet in Tula.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_13 <![CDATA[Tsunami sand deposit at Alao, American Samoa following the tsunami on Sept. 29, 2009. Light colored sand deposited during the tsunami overlies darker soil that was there before the tsunami.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_15 <![CDATA[Car transported by the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/353 <![CDATA[Dr. Starin Fernanda, Geological Survey & Mines Bureau of Sri Lanka, taking measurement of height of tsunami, indicated by gouge mark in tree from debris carried by the tsunami.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/354 <![CDATA[Dr. Starin Fernanda, Geological Survey & Mines Bureau of Sri Lanka, preparing a trench for sampling of tsunami deposit. Leaves on the surface days or weeks after the tsunami and blanket the sand deposited by the tsunami.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/355 <![CDATA[Sand and bricks deposited by the tsunami in an area of destruction on the East Coast of Sri Lanka at Kulmunai Kuddi.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/356