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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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