7.8 earthquake 50 km east of Pak-Iran border.

[Masterio92]

Hope all is well

 

[Star Wars]

Earth Quake felt in Gurgaon as well few minutes back

 

[jaunty]

7.8 is huge. Hope folks over there are ok.

 

[Falcon29]

Sorry to hear that guys. 7.8 in Iran. May God take care of them. Sorry for the people in Iran too.

 

[joekrish]

May be the Iranian members can give us an update.

 

[W.11]

the BBC doesnt even mention karachi and pakistan, it just mentions pakistani border

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck south-east Iran, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports.

The epicentre of the huge quake was 86km (53 miles) from the city of Khash, near Pakistan's border.

Tremors have been felt across the Gulf and the Middle East. Tall buildings swayed in the Indian capital Delhi, reports say.

so according to BBC pakistan didnt felt earthquake, which even dehli felt

 

[Jango]

MY friends in Balochistan and Karachi saying Earthquake was sort of intense in those areas, Lahore and Islamabad felt it very mildly...

Here in UAE, it was pretty intense, you could see the whole place shaking!!!

GEO ran a video which showed the stuff falling off the shelf in some village of Balochistan.

 

[Feyen]

M7.8 - 86km ESE of Khash, Iran 2013-04-16 10:44:13 UTC

Why is the thread in the Iranian section removed? The epicenter of this earthquake was in Iran.

 

[Rizwan Alam]

40 Died in Iran. Geo News

 

[Parul]

New Reports coming that 100 people have died due to the Earth Quake in Iran

 

[JonAsad]

A massive 7.9 magnitude Earth-quake hits Eastern-Saudia , Bahrain , U.A.E , Oman , Qatar , Iran , Pakistan & India,, it also hits the eastern Riyadh

 

[fatman17]

Tremors jolt Pakistan, India, Middle East

April 16, 2013 - Updated 1551 PKT






KARACHI: Severe earthquake jolted parts of the country including Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta, Abbottabad, Islamabad, Lahore Tuesday, Geo News reported.



Tremors were felt across Pakistan, India, Dubai, Sharjah Ajman and other areas. The Met Office told that the intensity stood at 8.0 while the origin was Pakistan-Iran border area.



No loss of life has been reported in any part of Pakistan.



US Geological Survey (UGSS) said the tremor hit at 10:44 GMT at a depth of 15.2 km. The epicenter was in southeast Iran.



It was located 201 km (125 miles) southeast of the Iranian city of Zahedan and 250 km northwest of Turbat in Pakistan.



People also evacuated shaking buildings in Qatar and Dubai, residents said.



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[Jango]

Sad to hear...this was expected since the earthquake was 7.8 and at depth of 15km...just for comparison, the one in Pak in 2005 was 7.6 and at 26km depth.

Luckily, since Balochistan does not have alot of hard infrastructure and buildings (especially West balochistan) damage has been limited.

A couple of buildings in Karachi have had some parts falling off though.

 

[Rizwan Alam]

Watching Press TV live, they are reporting 40 dead.

 

[T90TankGuy]

RIP to those who lost their lives. any news if Karachi has experienced bad damage?