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35. Earthquake Details from USGS

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 12:47 AM

Oct 2012

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
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 14 km (8.7 miles); depth +/- 4 km (2.5 miles)
Parameters NST=716, Nph=716, Dmin=267.2 km, Rmss=0.95 sec, Gp= 58°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=A
Source

Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usb000df7n

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/b000df7n/us/index.html

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/b000df7n/us/form.en.disabled.html

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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits Canada's British Columbia, USGS reports [View all] bananas Oct 2012 OP

holy crap Voice for Peace Oct 2012 #1

we're on tsunami warning here in alaska. roguevalley Oct 2012 #51

Here is the scoop on this one Coyotl Oct 2012 #56

Good info..thanks PearliePoo2 Oct 2012 #61

British Columbia? Isn't that the Canadian West Coast TheDebbieDee Oct 2012 #2

yes Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #4

Yes Ztolkins Oct 2012 #5

You got it, off the coast of BC and Prince Rupert, BC has be issued a Tsunami warning. teddy51 Oct 2012 #7

that would be where my dad dreams of retiring PatrynXX Oct 2012 #18

Not sure how happy a tea party member would be there... Locut0s Oct 2012 #39

He'd have the socialized medical care The Second Stone Oct 2012 #67

That's large! Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #3

There is a Tsunami WARNING in effect for the whole west coast and Alaska appleannie1 Oct 2012 #6

Not the whole west coast but BC-AK in parts. No warning for WA, OR, CA or Hawaii or Central AK uppityperson Oct 2012 #9

Warnings for WA, OR, CA and entire southern coast of AK NoOneMan Oct 2012 #14

From your link.... N tip of Vanc Island, BC to Cape Decision, AK. uppityperson Oct 2012 #17

Hover over the map and it gives you arrival times at Astoria, Seaside.. all down the coast. nt Viva_La_Revolution Oct 2012 #19

And it also gives time it arrives in New Hampshire. So far from what I hear from my local Pacific nw uppityperson Oct 2012 #23

still, anybody living near the water needs to be aware Viva_La_Revolution Oct 2012 #25

I agree. Be aware, be alert if you are low or near the water. But no need to "whole coast" thing as uppityperson Oct 2012 #26

Holy shit! I'm only 3 miles from the Gulf of Mexico! Fuddnik Oct 2012 #37

We have tsunami warnings for San Pedro (LA Harbor), CA among other places in the state. kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #21

and New Hampshire is listed also. From what I am reading, the official warning is northern vanc isle uppityperson Oct 2012 #24

Like I said, we have tsunami warnings down here: kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #28

This message is for the coast but warning is for BC-AK. uppityperson Oct 2012 #29

They updated. You and I have Advisories now, updated uppityperson Oct 2012 #45

Fracking? nt valerief Oct 2012 #8

Naw, lots of land mass plates out here. uppityperson Oct 2012 #10

it's around an island around 56 miles away from the mainland PatrynXX Oct 2012 #30

No, that whole area is seismically very active Lydia Leftcoast Oct 2012 #13

It wasn't until about 15 years ago that scientists realized just how seismically active.... Raster Oct 2012 #65

My kids in Washington State didn't feel anything starroute Oct 2012 #11

don't know much about that sort of thing. although first PatrynXX Oct 2012 #33

that's weird KT2000 Oct 2012 #12

I live in Victoria u4ic Oct 2012 #27

Hi neighbor! KT2000 Oct 2012 #54

Hello hello! u4ic Oct 2012 #68

Hi neighbor! PearliePoo2 Oct 2012 #57

Oh man, you have such great views! dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #59

Were you at Oak Harbor? PearliePoo2 Oct 2012 #60

I was at Greenbank and points south. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #62

I know exactly where Greenbank is! PearliePoo2 Oct 2012 #64

Howdy! u4ic Oct 2012 #69

Hi neighbor! PearliePoo2 Oct 2012 #58

Hi neighbor and the rest of you neighbors from sort of near PT uppityperson Oct 2012 #70

Second tsunami warning statement appleannie1 Oct 2012 #15

CNN: 5.8 aftershock bananas Oct 2012 #16

More specific info from a Canadian paper suffragette Oct 2012 #20

Live reports on KOMO radio (link) icymist Oct 2012 #22

That's a very bad place for a quake of that size, definitely a Sunami danger.... Up2Late Oct 2012 #31

can't actually get to the site PatrynXX Oct 2012 #34

From it's location, it looks like it was on the main fault, which I think is a Slip fault. Up2Late Oct 2012 #36

@AntDeRosa: Latest west coast/Alaska bulletin: SMALL TSUNAMI HAS BEEN RECORDED ON A DEEP OCEAN PRESS Hissyspit Oct 2012 #32

Earthquake Details from USGS Up2Late Oct 2012 #35

A local Vancouver resident checking in :P Locut0s Oct 2012 #38

Indeed. Did it help release pressure or be a warning more stress on the faults. uppityperson Oct 2012 #40

Yeah, that's the area I was worried about too, but it looks like it it north of that plate. Up2Late Oct 2012 #41

CBC News Alerts ‏@CBCAlerts Tofino residents being evacuated in wake of tsunami warning after 7.7 qu Hissyspit Oct 2012 #42

Michael van Poppel ‏@mpoppel Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: A tsunami has been generated that could Hissyspit Oct 2012 #43

The Weather Channel was just talking to someone at the Sunami Warning Center Up2Late Oct 2012 #53

10:44PM PDT THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN OREGON. bananas Oct 2012 #44

And WA coast too. Looks like they are expanding it as they get more info in. Better safe than sorry. uppityperson Oct 2012 #46

Apparently there IS a tsunami, not just a warning... Locut0s Oct 2012 #47

The weather channel was just talking with someone from the Sunami warning center, he said... Up2Late Oct 2012 #52

I used to live there arikara Oct 2012 #48

Good to hear. Never been to that part of BC, must be very beautiful... Locut0s Oct 2012 #50

Quakes To The Left of Me, Storms to the Right .. here I am .. YOHABLO Oct 2012 #49

Kick! n/t Tx4obama Oct 2012 #55

kick'd and rec'd lunatica Oct 2012 #63

That's a big 'un! Odin2005 Oct 2012 #66

3 more just now, on usgs website neversaydie Oct 2012 #71

Wowwwwww.... bobthedrummer Oct 2012 #72

hoping madel Oct 2012 #73