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Subject: BGS Seismic Alert
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SEISMIC ALERT:  PAKISTAN  28 OCTOBER 2008  23:09 UTC  6.4 Mw

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 has killed at least 135 people and injured hundreds of others in the southwest of Pakistan. The epicentre of the event is located about 45 km north of the town of Quetta. Many houses in the vicinity collapsed or were destroyed by landslides resulting from the tremor. It is estimated that around 15,000 people may have been made homeless. Pakistan's second most damaging earthquake occurred near Quetta in 1935, killing almost 30,000 people.

The following preliminary information is available for this earthquake:

DATE			:	28 October 2008
ORIGIN TIME		:	23:09 58s UTC
LAT/LONG		:	30.653? North / 67.323? East
DEPTH			:	15.0 km
MAGNITUDE		:	6.4 Mw
LOCALITY		:	Pakistan                                                                          

Last night's event locates approximately 740 km southwest of a magnitude 7.7 earthquake which occurred in north-eastern Pakistan on 8 October 2005, killing around 80,000 people.

Further information, seismograms of the event and a seismicity map of the area can be found at the following link:-

http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/recent_events/world_special/pakistan_28_oct_2008a.pdf


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