World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Disasters in the Region

Samoa Tsunami

GENERAL INFORMATION

A tsunami hit Samoa and American Samoa following an 8.0 magnitude earthquake in the south of the main Samoan Island chain. Villages, houses, buildings, and communication lines were damaged as sea water surged inland.


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