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NEWS ABOUT: American Samoa

American Samoa stories: 6 news summaries
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South Pacific Avoids Tsunami After Big Earthquakes

Warning issued after off Vanuatu, canceled after only small wave materializes

Oct 7, 09 7:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tsunami warnings for a swath of the South Pacific—including American Samoa, Australia and New Zealand—issued after a pair of strong underwater earthquakes have been canceled after only a small wave materialized. Many residents had already moved to higher ground after the 7.8 and 7.1 temblors; American... More »

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Australia • tsunami • New Zealand • US Geological Survey • Vanuatu • earthquake • American Samoa

 Fresh Quake Rattles Tonga 

6.3 shaker jolts islands as relief efforts continue

Oct 2, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest in a series of strong earthquakes to shake the South Pacific hit Tonga today. The epicenter of 6.3 magnitude quake was some 100 miles south of the 8.0 quake that hit the region earlier this week, spawning tsunamis that killed nearly 200 people and left thousands... More »

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tsunami • natural disaster • earthquake • aftershock • Tonga • Samoa • American Samoa

 Indonesia Quake 
 Toll Passes 1,000 

Samoa tsunami cleanup effort begins in earnest

Oct 1, 09 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll in Indonesia has reached 1,100 and is expected to keep rising. Rescue workers are scrambling to find earthquake survivors under trapped buildings, with "many hundreds more" injured or missing, says a top UN relief official. Rescue efforts have been hung up over a shortage of... More »

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Indonesia • South Pacific • tsunami • Pacific Ocean • Padang • Sumatra • earthquake • disaster • rescue mission • Samoa • American Samoa

 Samoa Tsunami Toll Hits 150 

Villagers describe terror of being trapped underwater

Oct 1, 09 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stunned Samoans combed through the sodden wreckage of their lives and told of the terror of being trapped underwater or flung inland by a tsunami that ravaged towns and killed at least 150 people in the South Pacific. Officials expect the death toll from Tuesday's disaster to rise as more... More »

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tsunami • natural disaster • disaster • Tonga • Samoa • American Samoa

 Tsunami Toll Reaches 100, 
 Obama Sends Disaster Aid 

Second earthquake near Indonesia triggers new wave warnings

Sep 30, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll from the tsunami triggered by last night's 8.3-magnitude earthquake near Samoa has risen to more than 100, with fatalities reported across a number of islands. Barack Obama declared American Samoa a disaster area and has pledged "swift and aggressive" aid to the territory, where at... More »

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Indonesia • tsunami • natural disaster • Sumatra • Pacific Tsunami Warning Center • earthquake • disaster • Samoa • American Samoa

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 Post-Quake Tsunami 
 Kills 34 in Samoa 

8.3-magnitude temblor rattles American Samoa

Sep 29, 09 6:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - An 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck the area around American Samoa today, generating a tsunami that killed as many as 34 in the US territory and adjacent Samoa, an independent state. The waves at Pago Pago were 5.1 feet above normal—smaller than originally feared— but tsunami warnings went up... More »

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South Pacific • tsunami • Pacific Ocean • New Zealand • Hawaii • Fiji • earthquake • Tonga • Samoa • American Samoa • Pago Pago • Cook Islands

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