'''Gempa bumi Haida Gwaii 2012''' berkekuatan 7,8 [[Skala kekuatan Moment|Mw]], [[gempa bumi]] yang terjadi hanyapada setelahpukul 8:20.04 p.m. [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] pada tanggal [[27 Oktober]] [[2012]] (03:.04 a.m. [[Waktu Universal Terkoordinasi|UTC]] [[28 Oktober]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000df7n#summary |title=M7.8 - 139km S of Masset, Canada 2012-10-28 03:04:10 UTC |publisher=Earthquake.usgs.gov |date=July14 14,Juli 2009 |accessdate=28 Oktober 2012}}</ref> Episentrum gempa bumi berada pada [[Pulau Moresby]] di [[Haida Gwaii]] (sebelumnya dikenal sebagai Kepulauan Queen Charlotte Islands).
IniGempa ini adalahmerupakan gempa bumi terbesar kedua di Kanada yang pernah direkam oleh [[seismometer]], setelah [[Gempa bumi Kepualaun Queen Charlotte Islands 1949]], sekitar 135 kilometer (84 mil) jauhnya.<ref name="Huff Post">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/28/canada-earthquake-tsunami-alaska_n_2032416.html |title=Canada Earthquake: British Columbia Hit, Tsunami Warning For Alaska, Hawaii |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=28 Oktober 2012}}</ref>
Guncangan kuat dirasakan di seluruh Haida Gwaii di manahingga penduduk di [[Masset]], [[Skidegate]], [[Sandspit]], dan [[Queen Charlotte City]] dievakuasi ke tempat yang lebih tinggi.<ref>{{cite news|author=Justine Hunter, Ian Bailey And Wendy Stueck|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/tsunami-warning-issued-after-earthquake-strikes-off-haida-gwaii/article4710930/|title=Minor temblor rattles Los Angeles after strong quake off B.C. coast|publisher=The Globe and Mail|date=|accessdate=28 Oktober 2012}}</ref> Guncangan kecil terasa di [[Prince Rupert, BC|Prince Rupert]] dan di kota-kota lain daridi [[British Columbia|negara bagian]] seperti [[Prince George, British Columbia|Prince George]], [[Quesnel, British Columbia|Quesnel]], dan sampai sejauh [[Kamloops]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tsunami heads for Hawaii after huge B.C. quake|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/10/27/bc-quake-reported.html|accessdate=October 28, Oktober 2012|newspaper=CBC|date=October27 27,Oktober 2012|author=CBC News}}</ref> Aliran listrik terputus di [[Bella Coola, British Columbia|Bella Coola]].<ref name="NYTimes M 7.8 Quake off W Canada">{{cite news|title=Magnitude 7.8 Quake Strikes Off Western Canada|url=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/10/27/us/ap-cn-canada-earthquake.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1&|accessdate=October 28, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October28 28,Oktober 2012|agency=The Associated Press}}</ref>
== Lihat pula ==
* [[Patahan Queen Charlotte]]
* [[Gempa bumi Kepualaun Queen Charlotte Islands 1949]]
