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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 30 > Dozens die as tsunami hits Samoas

Dozens die as tsunami hits Samoas

By Bulletin wire reports / The Bulletin
September 30, 2009

A powerful tsunami generated by an undersea earthquake killed more than two dozen people and wiped out several villages in the tropical islands of American Samoa and Samoa early Tuesday.

The earthquake, with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3, struck around dawn, as many residents were preparing....

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