Well, that’s a big one. Given the mediocre building standards, there will be damage. One can only hope the area is populated with more sheep than cities. h/t to Ralph B in T11
Magnitude 7.8 – IRAN-PAKISTAN BORDER REGION
2013 April 16 10:44:20 UTC
Earthquake Details
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Magnitude 7.8
Date-TimeTuesday, April 16, 2013 at 10:44:20 UTC
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 03:44:20 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time ZonesLocation 28.107°N, 62.053°E
Depth 82 km (51.0 miles)
Region IRAN-PAKISTAN BORDER REGION
Distances 86 km (53 miles) ESE of Khash, Iran
167 km (103 miles) NE of Iranshahr, Iran
198 km (123 miles) SE of Zahedan, Iran
237 km (147 miles) SSW of Rudbar, Afghanistan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 14.3 km (8.9 miles); depth +/- 2.9 km (1.8 miles)
Parameters NST=175, Nph=175, Dmin=976.3 km, Rmss=0.98 sec, Gp= 32°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
SourceMagnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)Event ID usb000g7x7
Pakistan / Iran Border 7.8 on 16 April 2013
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All these big quakes seem to happen where there is no fracking taking place. Maybe the greenies should encourage fracking so that quakes that do happen will be smaller. ;)
gary
@Gary Turner:
Oooh! nice one ;-)