How large was the earthquake that caused the Samoa Tsunami?
A powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific off the Samoa islands region generated a tsunami and waves of more than 5ft, U.S. government agencies said on Tuesday. An official of the US National Park Service said there had been deaths in American Samoa, but there was no word on how many people had died. A tsunami was observed at Apia, Western Samoa, and at Pago Pago, American Samoa, according to the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, a branch of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
