Now news of two powerful earthquakes thousands of miles apart. Earlier today, a magnitude 7.6 quake struck western Indonesia. Hardest hit appears to be the city of Padang on the island of Sumatra. The ...

APIA, Samoa (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake has struck in the South Pacific between Samoa and American Samoa. A tsunami alert has been issued for the region.

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake generated towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday, flattening villages, killing at least 82 ...

For factbox on tsunamis, click [nSYD504940] For graphic, click http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/RNGS/SEP/TSUNAM.jpg * Villages flattened, search for bodies in sand ...

More than a hundred people in American Samoa were killed yesterday when a tsunami caused by an earthquake struck their beaches. The Hawaii Star-Bulletin reported yesterday that an 8.3-magnitude ...

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — Officials in American Samoa say at least 14 people were killed when a tsunami swept ashore in the South Pacific country after a powerful earthquake hit nearby. Mase Akapo, ...

I'm from Cayucos, California and am a volunteer teacher at Leone High School in American Samoa. The morning of the earthquake I was getting ready for school when the ground started to shake. I've ...

APIA, Samoa -- Disaster officials rushed food, medicine and a temporary morgue to the Samoas on Wednesday after a powerful earthquake unleashed a tsunami that flattened villages and swept cars and ...

An advisory was previously issued for the entire U.S. West Coast and Alaska. The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami advisory for American Samoa after another undersea volcano eruption ...

On Monday night, the palm-tree-lined coast of Samoa looked like paradise. But by early Tuesday morning, residents and tourists alike had an unpleasant awakening. People were literally shaken out of ...

* 8.0 undersea quake triggers Pacific tsunami alert * Reports people swept out to sea * Villages flattened, search for bodies in sand (Updates with latest death toll, quotes, changes dateline) By ...