8.0 SAMOA EARTHQUAKE GENERATES PACIFIC TSUNAMI
A TSUNAMI ADVISORY MEANS THAT A TSUNAMI CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG CURRENTS OR WAVES DANGEROUS TO PERSONS IN OR VERY NEAR

At 10:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time on September 29, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.0 occurred in the Samoa Islands region.

Tsunami propagation map.

"A tsunami triggered by a strong quake in the South Pacific has killed at least 28 people in Samoa, say reports.

Samoa's delegate to the US Congress, Eni Faleomavaega, told AFP thousands of people had been left homeless.

Dr Lemalu Fiu, at a hospital in the Samoan capital, Apia, said the number of casualties was expected to rise as people arrived from coastal areas."

By BBC
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