Samoa hit hard by tsunami, or american samoa government, samoa, american samoa earthquake, american samoa map, america samoa WASHINGTON: US scientists were concerned by the force with which Samoa was hit by a tsunami after a major earthquake nearby, the National Tsunami Warning Center said Tuesday.
Samoa Earthquake , PAGO, PAGO, American Samoa – Tsunami from 7.9 earthquake hits American Samoa, no injuries reported.A powerful earthquake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale has struck American Samoa and unconfirmed reports say a tsunami has hit the capital city. The quake was centered a deep ocean trench but caused considerable shaking on a number of islands
Tsunami in Samoa 2009, A strong quake triggering tsunami in the South Pacific killed at least 100 people in the Samoa, totally devastating the islands, giving rise to the fears that death toll might exceed one hundred valuable lives. An 8.3-magnitude quake struck at 1748 GMT, generating 15ft (4.5m) waves in some areas of Samoa and American Samoa. The Samoa islands comprise two separate entities – the nation of Samoa and American Samoa, a US territory – with a total population of about 250,000 people.
WASHINGTON: Hamid Karzai is an Undeserving Partner: Pelosi, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an “unworthy partner” who does not deserve a big boost either in US troops or civilian aid, US House of Representatives . Pelosi, a skeptic on sending more troops to Afghanistan, also said in an interview with National Public Radio aired that there was not strong support among her fellow Democrats in Congress for “any big ramp-up of troops” to oppose resurgent Taliban forces. She told in the interview that she had asked fellow Democrats to give President Barack Obama room to decide his Afghan strategy, which is expected to be announced in the coming weeks