Tsunami, Tutuila
- When
- February 27, 8:51 AM SST to 12:30 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila forecast zone
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
Tsunami in American Samoa, February 27, 2010
5 magnitude earthquake on Chile generated a 3 to 5 feet tsunami on the Island of Tutuila. The tsunami reached half a mile inland on the village of Pago Pago, and it swept waters over a portion of the Pago Pago Plaza parking lot.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
The 8.5 magnitude earthquake on Chile generated a 3 to 5 feet tsunami on the Island of Tutuila. The tsunami reached half a mile inland on the village of Pago Pago, and it swept waters over a portion of the Pago Pago Plaza parking lot. There were no injuries or damages reported.
Event by event
4 tsunami. Local standard time, as filed.
Tsunami, Manu'A
- When
- February 27, 8:51 AM SST to 12:30 PM SST
- Where
- Manu'A forecast zone
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
Tsunami, Swains
- When
- February 27, 8:51 AM SST to 12:30 PM SST
- Where
- Swains forecast zone
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
Tsunami, Rose
- When
- February 27, 8:51 AM SST to 12:30 PM SST
- Where
- Rose forecast zone
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
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
More
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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: 215380, 215381, 215382, 215383.