A very good service by US geological survey to keep track of earthquake and tsunami warnings, the website keeps updates on earthquakes around the world, The latest tsunami warning for the South Pacific was called off hours after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake was recorded near American Samoa, An 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck off American Samoa Tuesday triggering a three-metre tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii confirmed,  Magnitude 8.0 - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION

The quake was not expected to generate a tsunami along the west coast of the United States or Canada, according to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, though a tsunami advisory was put in place.

The quake was recorded at about 6:48 a.m. (1:28 p.m. ET) at a depth of about 7.4 miles (11.9 km), the USGS reported. Early reports had the magnitude at 7.9, but the USGS upgraded that to 8.0 about two hours after the initial report.

The Japan Meteorological Agency activated a tsunami advisory along its eastern coast.

refer to the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program web page at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

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