TSUNAMI WARNING FOR PACIFIC COASTLINE OF ALASKA, WESTERN CANADA

TSUNAMI WARNING: The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami warning for the Pacific coastline of Alaska, western Canada and the northwest U.S. mainland, after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Queen Charlotte Islands area just off the coast of British Columbia on Saturday night. Tsunami waves could reach the northern coastline in Washington state as early as midnight Central Time.

Earthquake Details

• This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude	7.7
Date-Time	Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 03:04:10 UTC Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 08:04:10 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	52.769°N, 131.927°W
Depth	17.5 km (10.9 miles)
Region	QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION
Distances	139 km (86 miles) S of Masset, Canada 202 km (125 miles) SSW of Prince Rupert, Canada 293 km (182 miles) SW of Terrace, Canada 556 km (345 miles) NW of Campbell River, Canada