Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - Pakistan on Thursday, 25 September 2014
Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - 88 km southwest of Khuzdar, Khuzdār, Balochistan, Pakistan, on Thursday, 25 September 2014 at 02:31 (GMT)
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Moderate magnitude 5.5 earthquake at 43 km depth
25 Sep 02:40 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 43.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 43.0 km.
Magnitude: 5.5
Depth: 43.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 27.4°N / 65.85°E
(Khuzdār, Balochistan, Pakistan)Nearby towns and cities:
88 km (55 mi) WSW of Khuzdar (pop: 141,200) --> See nearby quakes!
128 km (80 mi) SSW of Surab (Kalat) (pop: 13,100) --> See nearby quakes!
138 km (86 mi) NNW of Bela (pop: 20,100) --> See nearby quakes!
139 km (86 mi) SSE of Kharan (pop: 30,800) --> See nearby quakes!
195 km (121 mi) SSW of Kalat (pop: 26,700) --> See nearby quakes!
205 km (127 mi) WNW of Dadu (Sindh) (pop: 139,800) --> See nearby quakes!
209 km (130 mi) WSW of Shahdad Kot (Sindh) (pop: 75,400) --> See nearby quakes!
213 km (132 mi) W of Kambar (Sindh) (pop: 77,500) --> See nearby quakes!
305 km (190 mi) NNW of Karachi (Sindh) (pop: 11,624,200) --> See nearby quakes!
336 km (209 mi) NW of Hyderabad (Sindh) (pop: 1,386,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 1.1 x 1013 joules (3.12 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2682 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 5.5 | 43 km | Pakistan | GFZ |
| M 5.4 | 20 km | PAKISTAN | EMSC |
| M 5.5 | 52 km | 92km WSW of Khuzdar, Pakistan | USGS |
(shakemap: USGS)
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Athens (Greece, 4082 km W of epicenter) : definitely stronger. Probably 5.7 R
Seen it imprinted on seismograph sheets in Europe (reported through EMSC)
Aftershocks of the 5.5 quake 88 km southwest of Khuzdar, Khuzdār, Balochistan, Pakistan, 25 September 2014 02:31 GMT
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quakes):- 25 Sep 2014 06:16 UTC| M 5.2 |47 km (29.2 mi) depth|8 km (5 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
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Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - 88 km southwest of Khuzdar, Khuzdār, Balochistan, Pakistan, on Thursday, 25 September 2014 at 02:31 (GMT)
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