Mata o le Afi ("Eye of the Fire" or "Source of the Fire") is an active volcano on the island of Savai'i in Samoa.
[2] It was preceded by a series of thirteen earthquakes, which damaged stone churches at Safune and Sasina and destroyed the church at Paia.
[4] On 8 November Dr Otto Tetens examined the volcano, finding a crater a hundred yards across emitting smoke and rocks,[3] with a second crater two miles to the north where the eruption had finished.
[4] The eruption had already begun to die down, and ceased around 17 November.
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