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7.2 Quake Hits SW Pakistan

   VOA News  18 January 2011

   A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has rocked southwestern Pakistan.
   The   U.S.  Geological  Survey  says  the  quake's  epicenter  was  55
   kilometers  west of the town of Dalbandin in Baluchistan province, the
   country's  most  sparsely  populated  area.  The quake struck at 1:23
   a.m.  local  time  Wednesday  (2023  UTC  Tuesday)  at  a  depth of 84
   kilometers.
   Initial  reports said the quake's magnitude was 7.4 at the depth of 10
   kilometers, but the U.S. agency later revised those numbers.
   There  are no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the area,
   which  lies  close  to the border with Afghanistan.  Local media said
   strong tremors were felt throughout several provinces, and as far away
   as  the  country's  largest  city of Karachi, and India's capital, New
   Delhi.
   Earthquakes are common in the region. A magnitude 7.6 quake on October
   8,  2005  killed  more than 70,000 people in northwestern Pakistan and
   Pakistani-administered  Kashmir  and  left  more than 3 million people
   homeless.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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