美国国家大气和海洋局刚刚就加拿大夏洛特皇后群岛地区7.7级地震发布海啸警报，预警区域包括美国加利福尼亚、俄勒冈、阿拉斯加、华盛顿州和加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚州。预警呼吁沿海居民向内陆河高海拔地区疏散。
震中位于马塞特(Masset)市以南139公里处，震源深度为9.9公里。距离温哥华西北约730公里。
B.C. coast struck by 7.7 quake
CBC News Posted: Oct 27, 2012 8:44 PM PT Last Updated: Oct 27, 2012 9:10 PM PT
A tsunami warning has been issued for coastal British Columbia following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck near Haida Gwaii on Saturday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was the possibility of “widespread dangerous coastal flooding accompanied by powerful currents.”
The quake was centred 198 kilometres south-southwest of Prince Rupert at a depth of 10 km, the USGS said.
“A major earthquake occurred in the Haida Gwaii region (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands). It was felt across much of north-central B.C., including Haida Gwaii, Prince Rupert, Quesnel and Houston. There have been no reports of damage at this time,” Natural Resources Canada said in a statement issued Saturday night.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/10/27/bc-quake-reported.html
