Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Earthquake and Tsunami from Samoa 8.3 magnitude

Have you heard about the news from Samoa? An 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off American Samoa Tuesday triggering a three-metre tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii confirmed, demolishing villages on low-lying islands in the Pacific state of Samoa.

The quake, originally estimated at a magnitude of 7.9, was upgraded to the level of a “great quake” and aftershocks were continuing, Radio New Zealand reported.

You might want to see some pictures of samoa today.

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