2008 Ziarat earthquakes

Earthquake in Balochistan, Pakistan Citation bot 2008 Ziarat earthquake 2008-10-28 23:09:57 2008-10-29 11:32:41 usp000gm8g usp000gma2 13398457 11378619 2008 10 29 04:09 16:32 2008pakistan earthquake.jpg 6.4 w y 6.4 w 10 km mi onhttp://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g79N0rnXyGRCP60kkgZOyrxmYmWw At least 100 dead in Pakistan quake: police Agence France-Presse 2008-10-29 29 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081101234913/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g79N0rnXyGRCP60kkgZOyrxmYmWw 1 November 2008 dead 30.569 N 67.484 E source:dewiki_region:PK_type:landmark inline, title Pakistan IXhttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/pager/events/us/2008yscs/index.html PAGER October 28, 2008 United States Geological Survey 19 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20081202054110/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/pager/events/us/2008yscs/index.html 2 December 2008 dead 215 dead200 injuredhttp://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=8775&icid=4&d_str=20081030 Pakistan quake death toll rises to 215 Agence France-Presse The Standard 2008-10-30 2008-10-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110628200414/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=8775&icid=4&d_str=20081030 2011-06-28 y The 2008 Ziarat earthquakes hit the Pakistani province of Balochistan on October 29 with a moment magnitude of 6.4. The US Geological Survey reported that the first earthquake occurred 60 km mi on north of Quetta and 185 km mi on southeast of the Afghanistan city of Kandahar at 04:09 local time (28 October, 23:09 UTC) at a depth of 15 km mi on, at 30.653°N, 67.323°E.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008yscs.php Magnitude 6.4 – PAKISTAN October 28, 2008 United States Geological Survey 2008-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20081102163545/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008yscs.php 2 November 2008 dead It was followed by another shallower magnitude 6.4 earthquake at a depth of 14 km mi on approximately 12 hours after the initial shock, at 30.546°N, 67.447°E.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008ytbk.php Magnitude 6.4 – PAKISTAN October 29, 2008 United States Geological Survey 2008-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20081102163550/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008ytbk.php November 2, 2008 dead 215 people were confirmed dead. More than 200 were injured (according to Mohammed Zaman, assistant to the Balochistan chief secretary, Nasir Khosa),https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aJUWhKXHlLTI&refer=home Pakistan Earthquake Kills 150 People Near Quetta (Update1) Bloomberg News 2008-10-29 2008-10-30https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7696639.stm Scores dead after Pakistan quake BBC 2008-10-29 2008-10-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20081029004547/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7696639.stm 29 October 2008 live and 120,000 were rendered homeless (according to Dilawar Khan Kakar, Ziarat, Balochistan mayor and chief administrator).http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Pakistan-Earthquake-Near-Afghanistan-Border-Number-Of-Dead-Rising/Article/200810415131565?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header_4&lid=ARTICLE_15131565_Pakistan_Earthquake_Near_Afghanistan_Border%2C_Number_Of_Dead_Rising Pakistan Earthquake Near Afghanistan Border, Number of Dead Rising Sky News 2008-10-09 2008-10-30https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-pakistan-quake-bodies-idUKTRE49S26120081029 Pakistan quake rescuers recover 160 bodies Reuters 2008-10-29 2008-10-30 Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, director general of Pakistan Meteorological Department, stated the quake epicenter was 70 mi km north of Quetta,https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/world/asia/30quake.html?ref=world Quake in Pakistan Kills at Least 215 The New York Times Salman Masood 2008-10-29 2008-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20110202074939/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/world/asia/30quake.html?ref=world February 2, 2011 live and about 600 km mi on southwest of Islamabad.http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D9441CQG0.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150329175350/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D9441CQG0.html usurped 2015-03-29 Pakistani quake leaves 135 dead, 15,000 homeless Associated Press Sattar Kakar 2008-10-29 HighBeam Research subscription AP Online 2008-10-30 Tectonic summary Western and northern Pakistan lie across the complex plate boundary where the Indian plate is colliding with the Eurasian plate. In this area the convergence is highly oblique, with the relative northward movement of the Indian plate of 40 mm/yr (1.6 inches/yr) being at a low angle to the plate boundary. The main active faults are dominated by sinistral (left-lateral) strike-slip motion, with the Chaman Fault being the most important structure, accommodating a large proportion of the plate boundary displacement. The shortening component of the convergence is mainly accommodated by the Kirthar and Sulaiman fold and thrust belts.Pakistan 2008 usp000gm8g M 6.4 – Pakistan 16 February 2021 cs2 There is a sharp change in orientation of these two thrust belts near Quetta, known as the Quetta Syntaxis, where the north–south trending Kirthar ranges meet the west–east trending Sulaiman ranges. This area is the most seismically active part of this oblique segment of the plate margin, producing major earthquakes such as the 1935 Quetta event, which caused at least an estimated 30,000 deaths.Pezzo G. Boncori J.P.M. Atzori S. Antonioli A. Salvi S. 2014 Deformation of the western Indian Plate boundary: insights from differential and multi-aperture InSAR data inversion for the 2008 Baluchistan (Western Pakistan) seismic sequence Geophysical Journal International 198 1 25–39 10.1093/gji/ggu106 free Earthquake sequence The earthquake sequence began at 22:33 UTC on October 28, with a magnitude 5.3 foreshock. This was followed just over 30 minutes later at 23:09 by the first of the M 6.4 doublet earthquakes. The second M 6.4 doublet earthquake occurred at 11:32 on October 29. There were five significant aftershocks in the period up to December 12, including three M>5 earthquakes on that day.Usman M. Furuya M. 2015 Complex faulting in the Quetta Syntaxis: fault source modeling of the October 28, 2008 earthquake sequence in Baluchistan, Pakistan, based on ALOS/PALSAR InSAR data Earth, Planets and Space 67 142 10.1186/s40623-015-0303-2 2015EP&S...67..142U free 2115/60144 free The observed focal mechanisms were almost all strike-slip in type, but it remained unclear which faults ruptured during the sequence, with both southwest–northeast trending sinistral (left lateral) and northwest–southeast trending dextral (right lateral) faults being proposed. Investigations using InSAR data supported activity on multiple faults in both of these orientations.Pinel-Puysségur B. Grandin R. Bollinger L. Baudry C. 2014 Multifaulting in a tectonic syntaxis revealed by InSAR: The case of the Ziarat earthquake sequence (Pakistan) Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 119 7 5838–5854 10.1002/2013JB010564 2014JGRB..119.5838P free Damage Most of the casualties were from two villages on the outskirts of Ziarat town. Balochistan chief minister Aslam Raisani ordered declaration of emergency in the hospitals of the affected areas. These areas, situated on steep terrain, were badly damaged by landslides caused by the quake. Hundreds of mud houses were destroyed. right 25% "Rescue work is being carried out by the villagers themselves, but a larger operation is needed here." Mayor of Ziarat Dilawar Kakar The tremors were felt in Quetta, Ziarat, Pishin, Qila Abdullah, Mastung, Sibi, Bolan, Kuchlak and Loralai.http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-10-29/news/27721155_1_death-toll-quake-zone-hundreds-of-mud-houses https://web.archive.org/web/20140226195113/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-10-29/news/27721155_1_death-toll-quake-zone-hundreds-of-mud-houses dead February 26, 2014 135 killed as earthquake hits southwest Pakistan The Times of India 2008-10-29 2008-10-29http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/pakistan.earthquake/?iref=mpstoryview Police: At least 70 killed in Pakistan quake CNN 2008-10-29 2008-10-29 Response Dilawar Khan, mayor of Ziarat District, stated that his office had requested support from the local government. Pakistani military helicopters and troops were dispatched to assess damage and aid victims. See also Pakistan List of earthquakes in 2008 List of earthquakes in Pakistan 1935 Quetta earthquake 2005 Kashmir earthquake 2013 Balochistan earthquakes References Further reading Yadav R.B.S. Gahalaut V.K. Chopra Sumer Shan Bin Tectonic implications and seismicity triggering during the 2008 Baluchistan, Pakistan earthquake sequence Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 45 2012 1367-9120 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.10.003 167–178 2012JAESc..45..167Y External links Crisis briefing Pakistan quake 2008 From Reuters Alertnet REUTERS, CHRONOLOGY-Major earthquakes in recent years BBC, In pictures: Pakistan quake BBC, History of deadly earthquakes 11378619 eq-2008-000206-pak Pakistan earthquake Category:Earthquakes in Pakistan Earthquake Category:2000s in Balochistan, Pakistan Ziarat