8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia. This triggered a Tsunami Advisory from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) for all of American Samoa's islands at 2:39 PM SST.
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.
The episode as NWS ASO wrote it up.
On Tuesday, July 29th, at 12:25 PM SST, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia. This triggered a Tsunami Advisory from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) for all of American Samoa's islands at 2:39 PM SST.
Reports of coastal inundation occurred late on the 29th and into the early morning of the 30th. Water covered coastal roadways in Fagasa Village and several villages along Pago Pago Harbor. The PTWC canceled the advisory at 2:19 AM.
5 tsunami. Local standard time, as filed.
A Starkist employee reported water from Pago Pago Harbor entered buildings at the Starkist plant in Anua and Atu'u Villages. Damage to the facility is unknown.
A Facebook Post from Fagasa Village Worldwide shows coastal inundation with water from Fagasa Bay moving over coastal roadways along Fagasa Village. Damage from the inundation is unknown.
A Facebook video from LillyJulia-Aniva Fanene shows coastal inundation from Pago Pago Harbor onto coastal roadways in Aua village. Damage from the inundation are unknown.
Surveillance video from the American Samoa Shipyard Services Authority shows inundation onto the shipyard's property from Pago Pago Harbor. Damage from the inundation are unknown.
Harbormaster confirmed minor coastal flooding of Marina.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in American Samoa in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, July 2025
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1284605, 1285516, 1285517, 1285518, 1282906.