pakistan earthquake | Earthquake in Delhi - felt as far away as India and the Gulf 2011
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The earthquake, which measured 7.2 magnitude, hit at 1:23 am in a remote and sparsely populated area in Baluchistan province, near the border with Afghanistan and Iran. It struck about 50 kilometers from Dalbandin, a town so remote Pakistan used the nearby Chagai hills for nuclear tests in 1998.
But this is not the first time that Pakistan experienced the wrath of nature after the flood in 2010. The nation became the pathetic target of earthquake twice in 2010.
On Aug 24, the floods-hit northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan was shaken by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake.
Earthquake in Pakistan results collapse of houses, said the Indian Meteorological Department. While one person was killed in Pakistan due to a wall collapse, no casualties or damage have been reported in India. Tremors of the quake were felt in Delhi, Jaipur, Barmer, Ganganagar and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan and parts of Haryana.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the epicentre of the earthquake was located in southwestern Pakistan in the desert area bordering Iran and Afghanistan. But not much is being reported from there as it is a remote area. Reports from local news agencies say there has been no extensive damage in nearby towns.
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“The earthquake struck at a depth of 7.4 km,” an IMD official said. The epicentre was located at 28.9 degrees north on the latitude and 64 degrees east on the longitude.
A US Geological Service report said the epicentre of the earthquake was located 45 km from Dalbandin in southwest Pakistan. It said the focal depth of the earthquake was 84 km. A 7.6 magnitude earthquake had devastated northern Pakistan and parts of Kashmir in October 2008, killing thousands of people.
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