Pakistan - Earthquake Magnitude 7.2

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/pt11018001.php#details

Earthquake Details

* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 7.4 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time

* Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 20:23:18 UTC
* Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 01:23:18 AM at epicenter

Location 28.940°N, 63.930°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTHWESTERN PAKISTAN
Distances

* 55 km (34 miles) W (271°) from Dalbandin, Pakistan
* 263 km (164 miles) W (269°) from Kalat, Pakistan
* 301 km (187 miles) ESE (102°) from Zahedan, Iran
* 793 km (493 miles) NE (41°) from MUSCAT, Oman

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters NST= 8, Nph=0, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0 sec, Gp=115°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=B
Source

* NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Event ID pt11018001

Just 10 miles from a major road I notice (N40 RCD Highway) and about 30 miles from Afghanistan border

http://www.nomadic-one.com/travel/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=75&Itemid=2

The N40 RCD desert highway links Iran with Pakistan - a 680 Km long partly single lane road from the Iran / Pakistan border town Taftan to the Baluchistan capital Quetta. This trade route is mainly used by Pakistani and Iranian truckers, bus companies, fuel smugglers and the occasional foreign traveller.

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Magnitude 7.4 - Pakistan

Re: Magnitude 7.4 - Pakistan

The impact scale is predicting heavy shaking and moderate to heavy structure damage for 109,000 people.
see: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/pager/events/us/2011ggbx/index.html

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[makoto]

Re: Magnitude 7.4 - Pakistan

Re: Magnitude 7.4 - Pakistan

Earthquake Information from Japan Meteorological Agency

Japan Meteorological Agency http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/

 

[Pathfinder]

Re: Magnitude 7.4 - Pakistan

Re: Magnitude 7.4 - Pakistan

Quake shakes Pakistan, damage seems limited

By Chris Albritton

ISLAMABAD | Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:41pm EST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 shook southwestern Pakistan early on Wednesday, jolting residents of cities as far apart as Delhi and Dubai, but the epicenter was far from major population centers.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was more than 80 km (50 miles) underground, close to the town of Dalbandin in Baluchistan province, near the Afghan and Iranian frontiers.

Poor communications ensured there were few immediate reports from the vicinity of the quake, but despite the major strength of the shock, the great depth may have limited damage. The USGS had first said that the earthquake was very much shallower.

Read more:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70H6JA20110118

 

[Pathfinder]

Re: Magnitude 7.4 - Pakistan

Re: Magnitude 7.4 - Pakistan

Magnitude 7.2 - SOUTHWESTERN PAKISTAN

2011 January 18 20:23:26 UTC


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Earthquake Details

• This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

<TABLE id=parameters summary="Earthquake Details"><TBODY><TR><TH>Magnitude</TH><TD>7.2</TD></TR><TR><TH>Date-Time</TH><TD>

• Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 20:23:26 UTC
• Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 01:23:26 AM at epicenter
• Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

</TD></TR><TR><TH>Location</TH><TD>28.838?N, 63.947?E</TD></TR><TR><TH>Depth</TH><TD>84 km (52.2 miles) set by location program</TD></TR><TR><TH>Region</TH><TD>SOUTHWESTERN PAKISTAN</TD></TR><TR><TH>Distances</TH><TD>45 km (30 miles) W of Dalbandin, Pakistan
260 km (160 miles) W of Kalat, Pakistan
310 km (190 miles) ESE of Zahedan, Iran
1035 km (640 miles) WSW of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

</TD></TR><TR><TH>Location Uncertainty</TH><TD>horizontal +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles); depth fixed by location program</TD></TR><TR><TH>Parameters</TH><TD>NST=159, Nph=159, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.33 sec, Gp= 47?,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=1
</TD></TR><TR><TH>Source</TH><TD>

• USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

</TD></TR><TR><TH>Event ID</TH><TD>us2011ggbx</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


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