Vaipoa

Vaipoa is one of three villages on the island of Niuatoputapu in Tonga.[1]

The other two villages on Niuatoputapu are Falehau and Hihifo, the main village on the island.

Niuatoputapu was extensively damaged in the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami[2] with a number of fatalities.[3]

The tsunami followed an earthquake of an 8.0 M_w earthquake in the Samoan Islands region at 06:48:11 local time on 29 September 2009 (17:48:11 UTC).[4]

References

"ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT" The World Bank. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
L.A. Times aerial photo
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/09/200993015246541511.html
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.

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[1] "ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT" The World Bank. Retrieved 2013-11-17.

[test-2] L.A. Times aerial photo

[3] ttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/09/200993015246541511.html

[4] 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.