M 7.8 - 206 km SW of Prince Rupert, Canada

Felt (V) in the Masset-Queen Charlotte area and (IV) at Houston, Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Terrace. Felt (III) in much of western British Columbia and in Southeastern Alaska. Felt from Seattle, Washington to Juneau, Alaska and to Calgary, Alberta. Thermal springs on Hotspring Island in Gwaii Haanas National Park Preserve, Haida Gwaii, stopped flowing after the earthquake, but were starting to show signs of recovery in mid-January 2013. A generally-small, but nearly Pacific-wide tsunami was recorded, with much higher wave heights in Hawaii than in the rest of the Pacific. Also, the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center observed that a small tsunami was recorded at Sitka, Alaska after having been reflected off the Hawaiian Islands. Tsunami wave heights (in centimeters, one-half peak-to-trough) were recorded at the following selected tide stations: 34 at Langara Island, 26 at Henslung Cove, 15 at Port Alberni and 9 at Prince Rupert, British Columbia; 76 at Kahului, 56 at Kawaihae, 43 at Haleiwa, 37 at Hilo, 20 at Hanalei and 15 at Honolulu, Hawaii; 18 at Chignik, 13 at Kodiak and 12 at Sitka, Alaska; 23 at Port Orford, Oregon; 46 at Crescent City, 41 at Arena Cove, 27 at Port San Luis and 25 at Point Reyes, California; 24 on Nuku Hiva, 24 on Hiva Oa and 4 at Rangiroa, French Polynesia; 15 on Rarotonga, Cook Islands; 12 on Chatham Island and 10 at Gisborne, New Zealand; 12 at Mera, 10 at Aburatsu and 10 on Chichi Jima, Japan; 10 at Talcahuano, Chile; 9 on Midway Island; 6 at Port-Vila, Vanuatu; 4 at Apia, Samoa; 4 at Hienghene, New Caledonia; 4 at Lata and 3 at Honiara, Solomon Islands; 4 on Christmas Island, Kiribati; 2 on Funafuti Island, Tuvalu.