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Historic Earthquake
1931 Pakistan Earthquake
27 August 1931 · Mach, Baluchistan · Pakistan
On 27 August 1931 at 15:27 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Pakistan (Mach, Baluchistan), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 1 km from its boundary with the Indian Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 27 August 1931
- Time
- 15:27 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Pakistan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 20082008 Pakistan Earthquake · M 6.4215 deaths
- 19971997 Harnai Earthquake · M 7.160 deaths
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- 1955Quetta12 deaths
- 19351935 Quetta Earthquake · M 7.560,000 deaths
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth