UPDATE: A witness told Radio New Zealand that villages on the south-east coast of Samoa’s Upolu had been flattened by the earthquake and that police were moving people to higher ground.
Shaking near the epicenter reportedly lasted up to three minutes.
A number of aftershocks also hit the area after the initial earthquake. “We are seeing a [...]

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UPDATE – 8:26AM EDT: The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center now reports that the tsunami generated following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake off of New Zealand is small and poses no threat.
The warning center reports that no destructive waves are moving toward New Zealand’s coastline in the wake of a tsunami warning was [...]

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