Magnitude 7.7 AWARAN, PAKISTAN Tuesday, 24 September, 2013 at 11:29:48 UTC Pakistan A magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred in south-central Pakistan. The.

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Magnitude 7.7 AWARAN, PAKISTAN Tuesday, 24 September, 2013 at 11:29:48 UTC Pakistan A magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred in south-central Pakistan. The earthquake’s epicentre was located 69 km north of Awaran, Pakistan, and 270 km north of Karachi, Pakistan. The event occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles) and shaking was felt as far away as Karachi, Hyderabad and Delhi. So far, at least 400 deaths have been confirmed by local authorities, with houses reported to have collapsed in many areas. However, due to the earthquake’s remote location, details on casualties and damage are still coming in.

Shaking intensity Very strong shaking (VII) in the nearby town of Awaren; strong shaking (VI) in the large town of Kharan; rather strong shaking in Hyderabad, and moderate shaking in Karachi. Magnitude 7.7 AWARAN, PAKISTAN Tuesday, 24 September, 2013 at 11:29:48 UTC I. Instrumental Not felt by many people unless in favourable conditions. II. Weak Felt only by a few people at best, especially on the upper floors of buildings. Delicately suspended objects may swing. III. Slight Felt quite noticeably by people indoors, especially on the upper floors of buildings. Many to do not recognise it as an earthquake. Standing motor cars may rock slightly. Vibration similar to the passing of a truck. Duration estimated. IV. Moderate Felt indoors by many people, outdoors by a few people during the day. At night, some awakened. V. Rather Strong Felt outside by most, may not be felt by some people in non-favourable conditions. Dishes and windows may break and large bells will ring. Vibrations like train passing close to house. VI. Strong Felt by all; many frightened and run outdoors, walk unsteadily. Windows, dishes, glassware broken; books fall off shelves; some heavy furniture moved or overturned; a few instances of fallen plaster. Damage slight. VII. Very Strong Difficult to stand; furniture broken; damage negligible in building of good design and construction; slight to moderate in well-built ordinary structures; considerable damage in poorly built or badly designed structures; some chimneys broken. Noticed by people driving motor cars. VIII. Destructive Damage slight in specially designed structures; considerable in ordinary substantial buildings with partial collapse. Damage great in poorly built structures. Fall of chimneys, factory stacks, columns, monuments, walls. Heavy furniture moved. IX. Violent General panic; damage considerable in poorly designed structures, well designed frame structures thrown out of plumb. Damage great in substantial buildings, with partial collapse. Buildings shifted off foundations. X. Intense Some well build wooden structures destroyed; most masonry and frame structures destroyed with foundation. Rails bent. XI. Extreme Few, if any masonry structures remain standing. Bridges destroyed. Rails bent greatly. XII. Cataclysmic Total destruction – everything is destroyed. Lines of sight and level distorted. Objects thrown into the air. The ground moves in waves or ripples. Large amounts of rock move position. Landscape altered, or leveled by several meters. In some cases, even the routes of rivers are changed.

USGS PAGER Population Exposed to Earthquake Shaking Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are highly vulnerable to earthquake shaking, though some resistant structures exist. The predominant vulnerable building types are unreinforced brick masonry and rubble/field stone masonry construction. Red alert level for shaking-related fatalities. High casualties are probable and the disaster is likely widespread. Past events with this alert level have required a national or international level response. Orange alert level for economic losses. Significant damage is likely. Estimated economic losses are less than 1% of GDP of Pakistan. Magnitude 7.7 AWARAN, PAKISTAN Tuesday, 24 September, 2013 at 11:29:48 UTC Images courtesy of the US Geological Survey

Iran Pakistan Magnitude 7.7 AWARAN, PAKISTAN Tuesday, 24 September, 2013 at 11:29:48 UTC Earthquake and historic seismicity The earthquake epicentre (red star) is plotted on the map with regional seismicity since Although seismically active, this region has not experienced large damaging earthquakes in the recent history. In the past 40 years, only one significant event (M6.1 numbered 13 in map), which killed 6, has occurred within 200 km of the 2013 event, in June of For full list of earthquakes numbered in the map, please go to

Tectonic interpretation At a broad scale, the tectonics of this region are complex. The earthquake occurred as the result of oblique strike-slip type motion at shallow crustal depths, above the Makran subduction zone. Here, there is a transition zone between northward subduction of the Arabia plate beneath the Eurasia plate and northward sliding of the India plate relative to the Eurasia plate. Tectonic setting plotted using plate boundary data from the USGS. Focal mechanism of the oblique-strike-slip earthquake (Copyright USGS). Diagram showing a oblique-strike slip-fault Arabia plate Eurasia plate India plate Magnitude 7.7 AWARAN, PAKISTAN Tuesday, 24 September, 2013 at 11:29:48 UTC

6 Seismogram recordings by various seismometers across the UK S-waves Time of earthquake P-wavesSurface waves Seismic waves took just 10 minutes to travel through the Earth from the earthquake to the UK! Magnitude 7.7 AWARAN, PAKISTAN Tuesday, 24 September, 2013 at 11:29:48 UTC

7 Seismogram recordings from UK school seismometers Magnitude 7.7 AWARAN, PAKISTAN Tuesday, 24 September, 2013 at 11:29:48 UTC BAUK – Banchory Academy PAUL - Paulet High School SHS – Stirling High School WORDW –Bishop Wordsworths School

8 Find out more…. BGS (British Geological Survey) – seismology and earthquakes – frequently asked questions IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) – learning about earthquakes UK School Seismology Project – classroom activities, videos and support documents USGS (United States Geological Survey) – FAQs, glossary, posters, animations USGS summary of the Pakistan earthquakehttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000jyiv#summaryhttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000jyiv#summary Magnitude 7.7 AWARAN, PAKISTAN Tuesday, 24 September, 2013 at 11:29:48 UTC