Tsunami, Tutuila
- When
- March 11, 4:00 AM SST to 11:00 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
Tsunami in American Samoa, March 11, 2011
1 magnitude earthquake near Japan generated tsunami waves across the Pacific. 5 feet.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A 9.1 magnitude earthquake near Japan generated tsunami waves across the Pacific. A tide gage at the Pago Pago bay recorded tsunami waves peaking to near 3.5 feet. During high tides in the afternoon, local wave energy came over land and across the Pago Plaza on the Island of Tutuila after the cancellation of the tsunami warning. No injuries or fatalities reported.
Event by event
3 tsunami. Local standard time, as filed.
Tsunami, Swains
- When
- March 11, 4:00 AM SST to 11:00 AM SST
- Where
- Swains forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
Tsunami, Manu'A
- When
- March 11, 4:00 AM SST to 11:00 AM SST
- Where
- Manu'A forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
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
- Tsunami in California, March 11 to 13, 2011
- Tsunami in California, March 11 to 13, 2011
- Wildfire in Texas, March 11 to 17, 2011
- Tsunami in Hawaii, March 11, 2011
- Tsunami in Oregon, March 11 to 12, 2011
- Blizzard and High Wind in North Dakota, March 11 to 12, 2011
- Tsunami in California, March 11 to 12, 2011
- Flash Flooding in New York, March 11, 2011
- Flooding in New York, March 11 to 12, 2011
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, March 11, 2011
- Flood in New Hampshire, March 11 to 13, 2011
- Blizzard in North Dakota, March 11 to 12, 2011
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, March 2011
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: 277954, 283405, 283406.