Samoa
EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF WESTERN SAMOA
15 Oct 2009
A strong magnitude 6.0 quake struck in the ocean off Western Samoa, less than two weeks after the Pacific islands were hit by a series of tsunamis sparked by a powerful 8.0 earthquake.
The quake struck at 6 a.m. on Thursday local time (1800 GMT on Wednesday) and was only 6.2 miles deep. It was centrered 227 miles west of Apia in rWestern Samoa.
