7.4 Magnitude Earthquake in Pakistan

[Long Live Pakistan]

Major earthquake strikes southwestern Pakistan

By the CNN Wire Staff
January 18, 2011 3:59 p.m. EST


(CNN) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 struck Wednesday morning in southwestern Pakistan, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The earthquake occurred at 1:23 a.m. (3:23 p.m. Tuesday ET) at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). It was centered 55 kilometers (34 miles) west of Dalbandin; 263 km (164 miles) west of Kalat; 301 kilometers (187 miles) east southeast of Zahedan, Iran; and 793 kilometers (492 miles) northeast of Muscat, Oman, the USGS said on its website.

Quakes of 7.0 to 7.9 are classified as major; anything over 8.0 is classified as great.



http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapc...akistan.quake/

[Pakhtunzai]

Southwest? Does this mean it hit Balochistan mainly?

[Long Live Pakistan]

Posted at 3:45 PM ET, 01/18/2011
Earthquake in Pakistan, with a magnitude of 7.4, felt from Dubai to Delhi


By Melissa Bell

An earthquake has hit southwest Pakistan with a magnitude of 7.4. Twitter lit up with the news that people felt the earth move from Dubai to the outskirts of Delhi.

Reuters reports the quake struck 34 miles west of Dalbandin at 1:23 a.m. local time on Wednesday. The Pacific Tsunami Center said the onshore quake had not triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean.

For scale, the Haiti earthquake in 2010 was 7.0 magnitude and the San Francisco earthquake in 1989 was 7.1 magnitude.

We'll be updating as more reports come in.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blo...n_tremors.html

[Master Khan]

da pakey la pata di

[graveyardofempires]

any update on this news?
Are the people ok?

was it also felt in KP?

[Zayam]

any update on this news?
Are the people ok?

was it also felt in KP?

I would also like to know the damage, and whether the people are hurt or in need. by the way graveyardofempires I like your new Avatar!

[sahil112]

hmm bbc have said it hit loads of places and mum spoke with fam back home who said it hit kandahar and helmand even!!! it was pretty huge

[AnGaaR]

I talked to my brother whoz living in dubai.. he told me that they felt the earthquake in Dubai too... It was a strong one and i hope no one is hurt.

[Mayana]

^ They said it was felt from Dubai all the way to Delhi..
Khodaya Khair, I don't know about the region in Pakistan but the houses in Southern Afghanistan are so fragile, I hope it didn't cause too much damage =/

[graveyardofempires]

i heard eveything was ok

[Master Khan]

there is not a mjor news on this, it was stronger then the one in Haiti