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| Samoa quake 'triggered tsunami' | Samoa quake 'triggered tsunami' |
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| A strong earthquake near the South Pacific nation of Samoa has triggered a small tsunami, a warning centre says. | A strong earthquake near the South Pacific nation of Samoa has triggered a small tsunami, a warning centre says. |
| Sea level readings following the quake, which had a magnitude of up to 7.0, indicated a tsunami was generated, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said. | Sea level readings following the quake, which had a magnitude of up to 7.0, indicated a tsunami was generated, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said. |
| But it said a "destructive Pacific-wide tsunami" was not expected. | But it said a "destructive Pacific-wide tsunami" was not expected. |
| The quake struck some 300km (185 miles) south-west of Samoa. Waves of eight centimetres high were reported in the American Samoan town of Pago Pago. | |
| One policeman in the capital Apia said buildings swayed and shook for about five minutes, but there was no damage or casualties. | |
| "It was not so strong," he told the Associated Press. | "It was not so strong," he told the Associated Press. |
| While ruling out an ocean-wide tsunami, the Hawaii-based warning centre said the tsunami "may have been destructive along coasts near the earthquake epicentre". | While ruling out an ocean-wide tsunami, the Hawaii-based warning centre said the tsunami "may have been destructive along coasts near the earthquake epicentre". |
| Samoa is a small chain of islands that lies half way between New Zealand and Hawaii. | |
| Countries around the Indian and Pacific Oceans have been testing systems to warn of approaching tsunamis since the 26 December 2004 earthquake unleashed a tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people. | |
| The 9.3 magnitude quake, off the coast of Indonesia, sent waves thousands of kilometres across the Indian Ocean, hitting countries as far apart as the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Somalia. |