A powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific off American Samoa generated a tsunami, US government agencies said on Tuesday.
Sea level readings indicated a tsunami was generated in the Pacific, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, a branch of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said.
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