Tsunami, Tutuila
- When
- November 15, 10:00 AM SST to 5:00 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
Tsunami in American Samoa, November 15, 2006
|American Samoa residents reported receding water and choppy seas along north shores around 10:30 am local time, and the Weather Service Office issued a Speacial Weather Statement for this event. A tidal gage in Pago Pago indicated a small tsunami in the harbor area and it was less than a foot.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ASO wrote it up.
An 8.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in Japan in the early hours of November 15th, and it generated a tsunami reaching American Samoa which is located over 4 thousand miles.|American Samoa residents reported receding water and choppy seas along north shores around 10:30 am local time, and the Weather Service Office issued a Speacial Weather Statement for this event. A tidal gage in Pago Pago indicated a small tsunami in the harbor area and it was less than a foot. This event lasted within 4 to 5 hours, and no injury or damages reported.
Event by event
1 tsunami. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tsunami
- A series of waves caused by an undersea earthquake, landslide or eruption.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, November 15 to 16, 2006
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, November 15, 2006
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, November 15, 2006
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Georgia, November 15 to 16, 2006
- Tsunami in California, November 15 to 16, 2006
- Tornadoes in Alabama, November 15, 2006
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, November 15, 2006
- Strong Wind in Texas, November 15, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 15, 2006
- High Wind in Oklahoma, November 15, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 15, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, November 15, 2006
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, November 2006
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 8029.