According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a strong 7.2 magnitude tremblor struck a remote area in southwest Pakistan at 8:23pm GMT January 18, 2011, (1:23am 1/19/2011 local time). The earthquake occurred 640 miles west-southwest of Islamabad, near the borders of Iran and Afghanistan, and was felt as far away as New Delhi, Jaipur and Dehradun in India, and in Dubai reports CNN.com.
The earthquake occurred on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 01:23:26 AM at the epicenter, or Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 20:23:26 UTC. The epicenter is located at 320 km (about 200 miles) southwest of Quetta near Kharan, Balochistan.
Buildings in Karachi - about 400 km west of the epicenter - show signs of cracks. No word of fatalities have been reported.
CNN.com quotes Kurt Frankel of the Georgia Institute of Technology as saying, "It's not uncommon for this region to have earthquakes. It is where two tectonic plates come together, he said."
Pakistan Earthquake Details
Location: 28.838°N, 63.947°E
Depth: 84 km (52.2 miles)
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
Past Pakistan Earthquakes with Fatalities:
1935 05 30 - Quetta, Pakistan - Magnitude 7.5 Fatalities 30,000
1945 11 27 - Makran Coast, Pakistan - Magnitude 8.0 Fatalities 4,000
1974 12 28 - Northern Pakistan - Magnitude 6.2 Fatalities 5,300
2005 10 08 - Pakistan - Magnitude 7.6 Fatalities 86,000
2008 10 28 - Pakistan - Magnitude 6.4 Fatalities 166
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