Posted on 09/24/2013 5:20:47 AM PDT by Errant
No news of damage currently - this is a large and shallow earthquake.
(Excerpt) Read more at earthquake.usgs.gov ...
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"An strong earthquake struck remote western Pakistan on Tuesday and was felt in the Indian capital of New Delhi where buildings shook."
Thank you. I just saw that on the usgs feed. That must have been felt.
The Lord punishing them for killing scores of Christians Sunday??
That is a good size quake. Is this area heavily populated?
All I’ve seen so far is the epicenter area described as remote. Which probably means nothing this early.
It’s in a remote area, but large and shallow enough to cause widespread damage.
It rains on the just and the unjust
Thanks.
http://news.lalate.com/2013/09/24/pakistan-earthquake-today-2013-7-8-strikes-awaran/
ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A 7.8 Pakistan earthquake today 2013 has just hit Awaran. The Pakistan earthquake today 2013 September 24, 2013 began moments ago. Damage assessment is pending, reports local news.
Officials tell news that a 7.8 magnitude Pakistan earthquake today just hit locally at 4:29 PM local time. The quake was shallow, however. USGS indicates to news that the quake started only nine miles below ground level. As a result the quake could be felt in regions near Oman.
USGS indicates to news that the quake was forty-three miles northeast of Awaran. The quake was seventy-one miles northwest of Bela and roughly one hundred six miles from Uthal. Reps tell news that the quake started one hundred eight miles from Kharan, Pakistan and roughly five hundred miles from Muscat, Oman.
UGSS has previously told news about earth formations and possible fault lines in the region. “Off the south coast of Pakistan and southeast coast of Iran, the Makran trench is the present-day surface expression of active subduction of the Arabia plate beneath the continental Eurasia plate, which converge at a rate of approximately 20 mm/yr.”
The same area has produced deadly quakes before. “Although the Makran subduction zone has a relatively slow convergence rate, it has produced large devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. For example, the November 27, 1945 M8.0 mega-thrust earthquake produced a tsunami within the Gulf of Oman and Arabia Sea, killing over 4,000 people. Northwest of this active subduction zone, collision of the Arabia and Eurasia plates forms the approximately 1,500-km-long fold and thrust belt of the Zagros Mountains, which crosses the whole of western Iran and extends into northeastern Iraq.” They add that “Collision of the Arabia and Eurasia plates also causes crustal shortening in the Alborz Mountains and Kopet Dag in northern Iran.” For continuing coverage click HERE.
Thank you!
Something is wrong with the USGS site this morning. It keeps loosing recent quake information.
Many houses have been damaged in Balochistan's Awaran district, Pakistan media reports. However, there have so far been no reports of casualties.
Fixed link...
Thank you!
There is a image of people in the streets in New Delhi at the RT article. Must have indeed been quite a lot of shaking:
7.8 earthquake strikes Pakistan, shaking felt in New Delhi - RT
thanks. that area on google Earth looks sparsely populated, but the buildings wouldn’t stand all that shaking.
Bump.
Yes, they’re very lucky it didn’t hit one of the overpopulated cities. Quality of construction is poor at best.
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