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Historic Earthquake
1945 Balochistan Earthquake
27 November 1945 · Makran Coast · Pakistan
On 27 November 1945 at 21:56 UTC, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Pakistan (Makran Coast), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 44 km from its boundary with the Arabian Plate (collision zone). It killed at least 300 people.
- Date
- 27 November 1945
- Time
- 21:56 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Depth
- 15 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 300
- Estimated Damage
- 25 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (17.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Pakistan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1947Gwadar · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth