APIA, Samoa (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake has struck in the South Pacific between Samoa and American Samoa. A tsunami alert has been issued for the region.

Samoa have outclassed Tonga 34-6 in a Pacific Championships rugby league match on Sunday. The game, held at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, featured a 90-minute lightning delay. Samoa led 16-0 at ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa’s main streets were eerily quiet on Thursday as the government stepped up efforts to curb a measles epidemic that has killed 62 people. The government told most ...

The Samoan capital, Apia, was virtually deserted by afternoon, with schools and businesses closed. Hours after the waves struck, sirens rang out with another tsunami alert and panicked residents ...

AN earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck off the South Pacific island nation of Samoa today, seismologists reported, two weeks after a violent quake caused a tsunami that devastated Tonga, Samoa and ...

(Reuters) -Samoa held a national election on Friday with the Pacific Island nation's first female prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa seeking to return to office in a race against the long-serving ...

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:45:45 GMT — PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) " A tsunami swept into Pago Pago (Pan-go, pan-go) in American Samoa shortly after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 shook ...

Samoa Tourism is saying talofa lava! to Australia as it heads to three capital cities for its annual roadshow. The Samoa ...