(CNN) -- A tsunami warning for the South Pacific was called off hours after a powerful earthquake was recorded near American Samoa, but the extent of the damage of earlier tsunami waves was still unfolding.
A radio host on 104 FM in American Samoa, citing a government statement, said at least 14 fatalities had been reported.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, canceled tsunami watches and warnings about four hours after the earthquake hit.
The temblor, with a magnitude of 8.0, generated three separate tsunami waves, the largest which measured 5.1 feet from sea level height, Vindell Hsu, a geophysicist with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center told CNN. Preliminary data had originally reported a larger tsunami. iReport.com: American Samoa residents seek higher ground
The quake is not expected to generate a tsunami along the west coast of the United States or Canada, according to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, though a tsunami advisory was put in place.
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