earthquake + tsunami

The Foreign Office (FCO) has issued an alert advising against all but essential travel to Samoa and American Samoa after an earthquake wreaked havoc on the islands, killing up to 100 and devastating resorts.
The islands, considered by many to be some of the most beautiful in the South Pacific, are home to around 250,000 people.
They were hit by a tsunami early on Wednesday morning(approximately 6pm UK time) triggered by an earthquake of between 8.0 and 8.3 on the Richter scale

The advice preceded another big earthquake which measured 7.6 on the Richter scale and struck North West of Padang in Sumatra, Indonesia late this morning (GMT). Shaking could be felt in high buildings in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, several hundred miles away and in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia.


The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued for the South Asian region, which for India, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, has since been cancelled.

copy from:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1217226/Samoa-Islands-earthquake-latest-travel-advice.html