Pacific Earthquake Tsunami

Pacific Earthquake Tsunami
Oceanographer Dr. David Walsh studies earthquake charts at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 in Ewa Beach, Hawaii on Oahu. A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday, flattening villages, killing at least 34 people and leaving dozens of workers missing at devastated National Park Service facilities. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)