Geosciences

Earthquake and Tsunami: American Samoa Region

USGS reports that a 7.9 magnitude earthquake occurred along a plate boundary in the American Samoa Islands area at 6:48 AM local time. A tsunami warming was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. An early news article from the Associated Press reports damage in the islands near the epicenter.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/dZqzqjh-iaw” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Earthquake and Tsunami: American Samoa Region

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