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Devastation as tsunami wipes out Samoan villages

Reports of cars thrown into the ocean and fish on the ground following this morning's magnitude 8.3 earthquake.

Reports up to 40 dead after quake, tsunami hit Samoa

There are unconfirmed reports that 40 people from the Samoan village of Lalomanu - on the south-eastern end of the island of Upolu - have been killed.

At least seven dead after quake, tsunami hit Samoa

Samoan residents have been evacuated from the coast to higher ground after a magnitude 8.3 quake struck this morning, followed by a tsunami.

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Milford Sound hit by 4.4 level quake

Aftershock shakes Fiordland

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Quake shakes Wairarapa