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Historic Earthquake
1947 Pakistan Earthquake
5 August 1947 · Gwadar · Pakistan
On 5 August 1947 at 14:24 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Pakistan (Gwadar). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 140 km from its boundary with the Arabian Plate (collision zone).
- Date
- 5 August 1947
- Time
- 14:24 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Pakistan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 19451945 Balochistan Earthquake · M 8.0300 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth