There are reports of some deaths and destruction because of the at least 8.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred under the Pacific Ocean about 125 miles southwest of American Samoa. An earlier report put the magnitude lower at 7.9.

Reuters is reporting that there were some deaths:

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 29 (Reuters) - A tsunami following an earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off has caused some deaths in American Samoa , but there is no word of how many died, an official for the U.S. National Park Service said on Tuesday.

Holly Bundock, spokeswoman for the National Park Service's Pacific West Region in Oakland, California, quoted Mike Reynolds, superintendent of the National Park of American
Samoa, as saying there had been some deaths.

The Associated Press isn't yet reporting any deaths. But it does report that at least one village was completely destroyed:

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) - A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific between Samoa and American Samoa around dawn Tuesday, sending terrified residents fleeing for higher ground as a tsunami swept ashore, flattening at least one village. There were no immediate reports of fatalities.