NU Online News Service, Sept. 30, 3:20 p.m. EDT

Tsunamis from an 8.0 magnitude earthquake striking the Samoan islands killed 100 people and did significant property and casualty damage to villages and resorts, a catastrophe modeling firm said.

Risk Management Solutions in Newark, Calif., said the quake did little harm and most damage was from tsunamis that followed. It did not provide an estimate of the damage, noting that it is still early in the evaluation process.

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