EARTHQUAKE!
USGS earthquake center page on the event
"Felt Reports
At least 82 people killed in Samoa, 22 people in American Samoa and seven people on Niuatoputapu, Tonga. Widespread damage to infrastructure at Pago Pago, American Samoa, in many parts of Samoa and on Niuatoputapu, Tonga. Felt (V) at Apia and (IV) at Tafuna. Felt in much of American Samoa, Samoa and northern Tonga. Felt as far away as Wallis and Futuna Islands. A tsunami with wave heights (peak- to-trough) was recorded at: 314 cm at Pago Pago, American Samoa; 140 cm at Apia, Samoa; 47 cm at Rarotonga and 8 cm at Penrhyn, Cook Islands; 14 cm at Nuku`alofa, Tonga; 11 cm at Papeete, French Polynesia."
poster with overview info up on USGS earthquake website
Samoa 'too close to epicentre' for long warning article
I'll post more interesting tidbits when I find them
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I liked it.
Bathmate
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