karachi earthquake

The earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 jolted southwestern Pakistan, said U.S. Geological Survey in the early morning on Wednesday.Urban populations far apart as far as New Delhi and Dubai, but no significant damage to an area with low population density.Earthquake that occurred in Karachi and Hyderabad, Quetta, Jaffarabad, while the tremors felt in Lahore and Sargodha.The strength of the quake at more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) underground near a town in Baluchistan province Dalbandin, near the Afghan border, Iranian, and said the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).U.S. Agency revised a preliminary estimate that the earthquake was very shallow, ranging from 7.4, and said it was probably at a depth of 52 miles (83 km), 55 km (34 miles) west of Dalbandin, the city with about 15,000 people in the center.Poor communication delayed reports received from the remote area, but despite the strength of the shock, and depth of the damage appears to be limited. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was much shallower than the first.Residents in large cities as far apart as the Indian capital New Delhi, said the emirate of Dubai, I felt fear about how people in Karachi, although there are no early reports of injuries or damage there.In Quetta, 330 kilometers (205 miles) northeast of the epicenter, a woman died in hospital of a heart attack after the quake, officials said at the hospital. In Karachi, 400 km (250 miles), and people rushed from their homes by the quake."I felt my bed shaking. I woke up and ran to check on the children," said Rizvi impeccable. "It was very scary, I've never felt anything like this before."He said the tsunami center in the Pacific, said the quake did not cause a tsunami in the Indian Ocean.A strong earthquake of this size is capable of causing widespread damage and heavy.
Distance from the center of famous places are:
55 km (34 miles) W (271 degrees) of Dalbandin, Pakistan
263 km (164 miles) W (269 degrees) of Kalat, Pakistan
301 km (187 miles) east (102 degrees) of Zahedan, Iran
793 km (493 miles) northeast (41 degrees) from Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
He died on October 8, 2005 earthquake of 7.6 magnitude at a distance of 95 km northeast of Islamabad, about 70,000 people.Major earthquake of this size, if the shallow depths and close to urban centers, is able to inflict serious damage and serious, and can put pressure on Pakistan after the devastating floods in the past year, more than 10 million people homeless.