17 July 2024
8 July 2024
22 July 2024
1 June 2024
23 May 2024
30 May 2024
16 May 2024
27 April 2024
12 April 2024
15 April 2024
29 April 2024
26 April 2024
3 April 2024
9 April 2024
10 October 2023
17 January 2023
11 November 2022
Friday 19 August 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Regional, Samoa
The earthquakes have been reported in Manu'a since 26 July.
Volcanologist Natalia Deligne, who is in American Samoa, said unlike the volcano which erupted so violently in Tonga, the gas in the Ta'u Island volcano was not under major pressure.
She likened the pressure that had built up at Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai prior to its January blast as being like that inside a can of soda that had been shaken up.
"Whereas here, the gas can escape without being pressurised and so you will not have the same kind of large explosive eruption."
American Samoa's governor, Lemanu Peleti Mauga, has declared a state of emergency for the entire territory as the earthquakes are continuing.