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MELBOURNE, Australia -- A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck in the South Pacific near the island nation of Samoa on Friday, but ...

The quake occurred 440 kilometres (273 miles) southwest of the capital Apia at a depth of 314 kilometres (195 miles), the US Geological Survey said.

Japan's weather agency said Friday that a malfunction in the ocean-floor observation system off the Pacific coast, installed ...