Samoa, through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) will be launching its “Low Emmissions Development Strategy 2022-2032”. The event has been announced to be held at the Lava Hotel from 6pm – 10pm on Wednesday 11 October with Rev Dr Paul Matamua of the New Wine Worship Center Church to deliver the Opening […]
Environment
Felt Earthquake Bulletin: 4.6M, No Tsunami Threat to Samoa
The Samoa Meterological Services has issued a FELT EARTHQUAKE BULLETIN. An earthquake of MAG:4.6 and DEPTH of 10 km was felt at 12:41pm Sunday 3rd October 2022 local time. The earthquake was 143km South South-West of Samoa. “There is NO Tsunami Threat for Samoa from this Earthquake”. Earthquake Track have recorded the following earthquake activities near Samoa: […]
Hurricane Ian Causes Devastation in Florida
Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Florida’s southwestern coast on Wednesday afternoon (Thurs morning Pacific time), with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane made landfall as a Category 4 storm, with winds approaching Category 5 status. The National Weather Service said […]
NUS Welding Students Restore Rusted Manholes to Ensure Safety of Pedestrians
Pedestrians walking along the seawall at the back of the newly opened Friendship Park and playgrounds would have noticed the rusty manholes, so damaged that an adult foot or a small child could easily have fallen through. The NUS Vice Chancellor Professor Aiono is said to have taken that walk with his friends and recognised […]
Strong Earthquake 7.6M Shakes Mexico’s Pacific Coast
Mexico City — A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Mexico’s central Pacific coast on Monday, setting off an earthquake alarm in the capital. There were no immediate reports of damage from the quake that hit at 1:05 p.m. local time according to the U.S. Geologic Survey, which had initially put the magnitude at 7.5 The Samoa […]
JICA Scholarship Recipients to Help Advance Samoa’s Socio-Economic Development
JICA Scholarship Awards for 2022 have enrolled in unique areas of study that will help advance Samoa’s social and economic development in key areas of education, environment, health and policy formulation. There are two areas of scolarships. The “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Global Leaders Program, and the Clean Cities Program. Three women have been granted […]
Samoa Met Services Explains Cooler Temperatures at Night
The Samoa Meteorological Services have issued an explanation of the cooler temperatures experienced over the last few nights. According to Samoa Met, the trend of overnight temperatures in the last two nights has been consistent with their expectations and forecast. Apia had a low of 21.7 degrees celcius on Monday night while Afiamalu dropped to […]
American Samoa Authorities Say an Eruption like Tonga is “Extremely Unlikely” in Manu’a
An eruption like Hunga Tonga-Hunga in Haapai earlier this year is “extremely unlikely” according to American Samoa officials monitoring incidents of underwater volcanic activity reported by residents of Manu’a. The American Samoa Government activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on Wednesday night in response to reports of underground earthquake activity felt by residents of Tā’u […]
World Oceans Day Celebrated at Mulifanua with Peace Corps Samoa and US Embassy Apia
The Peace Corps Samoa office and the U.S. Embassy Apia staff, together with the Mulifanua community celebrated World Oceans Day last week with a beach and seawall clean-up of the Fuailolo’o area. The 2022 theme for Worlds Oceans Day is – Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean, which highlights the importance of working together to […]
Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake Felt in Samoa, No Tsunami Warning
An earthquake of magnitude 6.7, at a depth of 10km and a distance of 24 kilometres from Hihifo, Niuas, Tonga was felt in Samoa at 10:23pm Thursday night. The Samoa Met Office records the earthquake at 336.4 km southwest of Apia. No tsunami warning was issued by the Samoa Met Services. According to Earthquake Track, […]
