the death toll has risen to more than 110 after a powerful undersea earthquake triggered a tsunami that hit South Pacific islands.The majority of the fatalities occurred in Samoa, where rescue workers say at least 84 people have been killed. Another 24 people are confirmed dead on American Samoa, while at least seven fatalities have been reported in nearby Tonga.The quake, with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3, struck around dawn Tuesday about 125 miles from Samoa, a South Pacific island nation of about 180,000 people located about halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii.
Neighboring American Samoa is a U.S. territory of about 65,000 people.
Authorities say at least 63 people on Samoa and another 19 on American Samoa were killed and the toll is likely to go higher.
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