American Samoans comment on Tuesday’s 6.1 earthquake

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 21:10:00 +0100samoanews (en)

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 occurred about 134 miles Southwest of Tutuila at 5:06 a.m yesterday The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a statement a few minutes later saying that, “based on all available data, there is no tsunami threat to American Samoa from this earthquake.

samoa 6.1 magnitude earthquake rattles Samoa, no tsunami By Soli Wilson, 18/03/2020

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:48:00 +0100samoaobserver (en)

Samoa was awakened on Wednesday morning by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake at around 6am local time. The Samoa Meteorological Office advised in a post on their Facebook page that the tremor was approximately 10km deep in the Samoa region, occurring 241 km south south west of Apia.

Samoa shaken by 5.8 magnitude earthquake

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 04:49:00 +0100tvnz (en)

Seismograph recording the seismic activity of an earthquake (file picture). Source: istock.com The magnitude 5.8 quake stuck south of the Pacific Island nation in the Tongan Trench at 5.06am NZT. 1 NEWS spoke to a New Zealand couple living in Apia who said the quake woke them up and they could hear it rumbling.

No tsunami threat to American Samoa after early morning earthquake

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 20:33:00 +0100samoanews (en)

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 occurred about 134 miles Southwest of Tutuila Island at 5:06am, this morning, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Based on all available data from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Honolulu ~ THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.

Latest weather update for American Samoa calls for isolated showers

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 20:33:00 +0100samoanews (en)

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Latest visible satellite loop shows some fair-weather clouds and high cirrus clouds associated with an extratropical low far south of the territory. Present upper air soundings continue to show an extremely dry and moist atmospheric profile associated with a strong ridge over the Samoa Island chain.

Strong earthquake hits near Samoa; no tsunami warning

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:41:00 +0100nzherald (en)

A strong quake, magnitude 5.8, has hit off the coast of Samoa this morning. The quake hit at 5.06am, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning System. It has now been revised down. It was about 10km deep and 216 km southwest of American Samoa's Tutuila Island.

5.8 earthquake near Tonga; no warnings issued

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:36:00 +0100rnzi (en)

A map showing the epicentre of Wednesday morning's earthquake in the waters of Tonga's north. Photo: US Geological Survey. A large earthquake struck in the ocean between Tonga and Samoa this morning. The US Geological Survey says the 5-point-8 magnitude quake struck just after 5 o'clock, local time.

5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off Samoan coast

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:31:00 +0100Stuff (en)

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of Samoa on Wednesday morning. A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has been recorded off the coast of Samoa. The quake, which was at a depth of 10 kilometres, hit at 5.06am Wednesday (NZT), the US Geological Survey reported. READ MORE: It hit around 172km east of Hihifo, Tonga.

Earthquake near Samoa, no tsunami alert 06:42 AM

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:05:00 +0100newshub (en)

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Samoa on Wednesday morning. According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning System, the quake hit at 5:06am, around 216km southwest of Tutuila Island in American Samoa. It was around 55km deep and had a preliminary magnitude of 6.1. No tsunami warning was issued.