Country Profile - Natural Disasters

American Samoa

Country Profile - Natural Disasters

The information on natural disasters presented here is taken from
EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database.
In order for a disaster to be entered into the database at least one of the following criteria has to be fulfilled:

10 or more people reported killed
100 people reported affected
a call for international assistance
declaration of a state of emergency

Data on natural disasters are presented in three forms:

Top 10
Summarized table
Raw data

Top 10 Natural Disasters - number killed:
Disaster type / Date / No Killed
Wind Storm / Jan-1966 / 90
Flood / 18-May-2003 / 6
Earthquake / 3-Jun-1985 / 0
Wind Storm / 10-Jan-1989 / 0
Wind Storm / 16-Feb-2005 / 0
Wind Storm / 5-Jan-2004 / 0
Top 10 Natural Disasters - number affected:
Disaster type / Date / No Affected
Wind Storm / 5-Jan-2004 / 23,060
Flood / 18-May-2003 / 3
Wind Storm / Jan-1966 / 0
Earthquake / 3-Jun-1985 / 0
Wind Storm / 10-Jan-1989 / 0
Wind Storm / 16-Feb-2005 / 0
Top 10 Natural Disasters - economic damage:
Disaster type / Date / Damage US* (000's)
Wind Storm / 5-Jan-2004 / 150,000
Flood / 18-May-2003 / 50,000
Wind Storm / 10-Jan-1989 / 5,000
Wind Storm / Jan-1966 / 0
Earthquake / 3-Jun-1985 / 0
Wind Storm / 16-Feb-2005 / 0

Created on Nov-23-2007. - Data version v03.07

Please note that the CRED/EM-DAT team is currently working on enhancing the economic damage figures. Therefore, we suggest that these figures are treated with caution. Visit our website regularly for updated information.

Source:"EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, - Université catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium"

For some natural disasters (particularly floods and droughts)there is no exact day or month for the event, and for other disasters (particularly pre-1974) the available record of the disaster does not provide an exact day or month.

Summarized Table of Natural Disasters in American Samoa from 1966 to 2005
# of Events / Killed / Injured / Homeless / Affected / Total Affected / Damage US$ (000's)
Earthquake / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
avg per event / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Flood / 1 / 6 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 50,000
avg per event / 6 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 50,000
Wind Storm / 4 / 90 / 60 / 3,000 / 20,000 / 23,060 / 155,000
avg per event / 23 / 15 / 750 / 5,000 / 5,765 / 38,750

Created on Nov-23-2007. - Data version v03.07

Source:"EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, - Université catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium"

*Events recorded in the CRED EM-DAT. First Event: Jan/1966, Last Entry: Feb/2005.

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Country Profile - Technological Disasters

10 or more people reported killed
100 people reported affected
a call for international assistance
declaration of a state of emergency

Data on technological disasters are presented in three forms:

Top 10
Summarized table
Raw data

Top 10 Technological Disasters - number killed:
Disaster type / Date / No Killed
Top 10 Technological Disasters - number affected:
Disaster type / Date / No Affected

Created on Nov-23-2007. - Data version v03.07

Source:"EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, - Université catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium"

For some technological disasters there is no exact day or month for the event, and for other disasters (particularly pre-1974) the available record of the disaster does not provide an exact day or month.

Summarized Table of Technological Disasters in American Samoa from to
# of Events / Killed / Injured / Homeless / Affected / Total Affected / Damage US$ (000's)

Created on Nov-23-2007. - Data version v03.07

Source:"EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, - Université catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium"

*Events recorded in the CRED EM-DAT. First Event: /, Last Entry: /.

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