On 29 September at 06.48 hour local time, a powerful magnitude 8.0 Earthquake struck to the south of the main Samoan Island chain with its epicentre 190 km south of the Samoan capital of Apia. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a series of Regional Tsunami Warning and related advisories. A series of quake-triggered tsunami waves hit American Samoa, Western Samoa, and the small northern island of Niuatoputapu in Tonga around 0700 hours local time. The quake and the high waves, some of which are said to be as high as 6 metres, have caused serious casualty and damages to the affected Pacific Island countries.

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FTH will work through Rhema South Pacific which has a bible college based in Apia on the other side of the island struck hardest by the Tsunami.

Staff members from the college are distributing water, clothes and other relief supplies as they assist response teams to search for survivors and bury casualties.

They have also prepared their dormitory facility to temporarily house the homeless.

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