{"id":545,"date":"2008-10-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2008\/10\/29\/magnitude-mw6-4-earthquake-in-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2010-10-21T13:42:48","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T17:42:48","slug":"magnitude-mw6-4-earthquake-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2008\/10\/29\/magnitude-mw6-4-earthquake-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnitude Mw=6.4 earthquake in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

News is coming in this morning of moment magnitude = 6.4 earthquake in Balochistan<\/span> in Pakistan. According to the USGS<\/span><\/a>, the earthquake occurred at 23:09 UT (04:09 local time) at a depth of about 15 km. The USGS<\/span><\/a> have produced this map of the epicentre:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Fig. <\/span>1:<\/span> USGS<\/span> map<\/a> of the location of the epicentre of the earthquake<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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This produces a map of shaking that looks like this:\"\"<\/a>Fig. 2:<\/span> USGS<\/span> map<\/a> of the intensity of shaking associated with this earthquake<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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This is a rugged and comparatively arid landscape (Fig. 3) with a population density of about 40 people per square kilometre. GDACS<\/span><\/a> estimate that there are about 326,000 people living in a 50 km radius of the epicentre.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Fig. <\/span>3:<\/span> Google Earth image of the region affected<\/span> by the earthquake.
Click on the map for a better view in a new window.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

In such an environment, landslides are very likely to have been triggered by the earthquake. Already there are one or two reports that landslides have occurred – for example:<\/p>\n