Today Pakistan suffered a major earthquake. Preliminary reports stated it was a 7.4 at a depth of six miles - shallow enough to cause major damage at that magnitude. After USGS review, the USGS placed it at 7.2 at a depth of 52 miles.
The quake was centered 289 miles W-SW of the city of Dalandin at 1:23 AM local time Wednesday (12:23 PM tuesday PST) So far there are no reports whether there was significant damage or not.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2011ggbx.php
7.4 Mw - SOUTHWESTERN PAKISTAN
Preliminary Earthquake Report
| Magnitude | 7.4 Mw |
| Date-Time | - 18 Jan 2011 20:23:17 UTC
- 19 Jan 2011 01:23:17 near epicenter
- 18 Jan 2011 12:23:17 standard time in your timezone
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| Location | 28.782N 64.048E |
| Depth | 10 km |
| Distances | - 47 km (29 miles) WSW (249 degrees) of Dalbandin, Pakistan
- 253 km (157 miles) W (265 degrees) of Kalat, Pakistan
- 317 km (197 miles) ESE (105 degrees) of Zahedan, Iran
- 788 km (490 miles) NE (42 degrees) of MUSCAT, Oman
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| Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 13.3 km; Vertical |
| Parameters | Nph = 164; Dmin = 999.9 km; Rmss = 2.00 seconds; Gp = 28°
M-type = Mw; Version = 1 |
| Event ID | US 2011ggbx |
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