Survivor crew members unharmed by Samoa earthquake, tsunami!

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Survivor crew members are safe after a massive tsunami crushed the coastlines of Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday morning.

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"Our thoughts go out to the people of Samoa during this difficult time. Fortunately the cast and crew of Survivor has not been affected by the earthquake. Thank you for all of your concern," said CBS in a Tuesday afternoon post on the show's Facebook account.

The tsunami was caused by a powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake that hurled waves as high as 15 feet onto the coastlines of Samoa and American Samoa -- killing at least 99 people and leaving dozens missing as of Wednesday morning, The Associated Press reported, adding the death-toll is expected to rise.

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The earthquake's magnitude was between 8.0 and 8.3 and struck the South Pacific islands around dawn on Tuesday, The AP reported.

Survivor's nineteenth and twentieth editions were filmed back-to-back in Samoa over the summer, with the twentieth edition -- which CBS has thus far only formally termed a "10th anniversary edition" but will be an all-stars edition featuring contestants from the reality competition's previous seasons -- finishing filming earlier this month.

"We got back last week. It's a bit of culture shock to go from the islands of Samoa, where people literally are walking around with machetes, to Hollywood, where people are walking around with Emmys, but it is good to be home," Survivor host Jeff Probst told People after his second consecutive Outstanding Reality Host win at last week's Emmy Awards ceremony.

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