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USGS reports 7.7 richter earthquake 90 miles inland of Pakistan coast, 9 miles deep.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/...
epicenter Arawan,
Preliminary reports have light casualties, and an island has emerged off shore.
This should be expected to have more casualties, 7.7 is a major quake event, Red Cross
and Red Crescent will be needed.
No reports from Pacific Tsunami prediction center at this time.
more news to follow.
The September 24, 2013 M7.7 earthquake in south-central Pakistan occurred as the result of oblique-strike-slip type motion at shallow crustal depths. The location and mechanism of the earthquake are consistent with rupture within the Eurasia plate above the Makran subduction zone. The event occurred within the transition zone between northward subduction of the Arabia plate beneath the Eurasia plate and northward collision of the India plate with the Eurasia plate. The epicenter of the event is 69km north of Awaran, Pakistan, and 270km north of Karachi, Pakistan (population 11.6 million