Quake rocks southwest Pakistan

No immediate reports of casualties after magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes remote area of Baluchistan province.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck a remote area of Pakistan's Baluchistan province, the US Geological Survey said.

It said the quake was very shallow at a depth of 10km. It struck 55km west of Dalbandin at 1:23am local time on Wednesday (2023 GMT on Tuesday).

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the remote area in the southwest of the country.

A major quake of this magnitude is capable of causing widespread and heavy damage.

On October 8, 2005, a 7.6 magnitude quake 95km northeast of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killed more than 70,000 people.

USGS

7.2
Date-Time Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 20:23:26 UTC
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 01:23:26 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 28.838°N, 63.947°E
Depth 84 km (52.2 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTHWESTERN PAKISTAN
Distances 45 km (30 miles) W of Dalbandin, Pakistan
260 km (160 miles) W of Kalat, Pakistan
310 km (190 miles) ESE of Zahedan, Iran
1035 km (640 miles) WSW of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles); depth fixed by location program