And for the most part this true. But quakes of this magnitude along the seismically active Pacific Rim are ominous harbingers of future stresses along the faults that run all the way down to Chile. Chile had biggest quake in recent memory in 1960, a 9.5 on the Richter scale monster, the biggest ever recorded.
These stresses are felt all along the west coasts and include the San Andreas and Cascadian faults in America, trigger points long overdue for THE BIG ONE. Be advised. And these quakes along the rim push it along just a little more
Authorities Issue Tsunami Warning as 7.3-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Alaskan Coast (msn.com)