THE USGC SHAKE MAP SHOWING MAX.EFFECT NEAR THE EPICENTER
DISTANCE FROM EPICENTER-
45 km (30 miles) W of Dalbandin, Pakistan
260 km (160 miles) W of Kalat, Pakistan
310 km (190 miles) ESE of Zahedan, Iran
1035 km (640 miles) WSW of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
310 km (190 miles) ESE of Zahedan, Iran
1035 km (640 miles) WSW of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
1290km from New Delhi
1077km from Ahmedabad
1242km from Dharamshala,Himachal Pradesh
TIMINGS OF EARTHQUAKE
Earthquake was reported at 20:23:26UTC ( 18th Jan 2011) i.e 01:23:26AM LT(19th Jan 2011) at epicenter
THE DEPTH OF THE EARTHQUAKE WAS AROUND 84KM.
( DEPTH OF EARTHQUAKE IS THE AREA WHERE EARTHQUAKE BEGINS TO RUPTURE.
THIS HEIGHT IS RECORDED BELOW SEA LEVEL OR BELOW THE SEISMOLOGY OBSERVATORY)
Tremors of the earthquake were felt at multiple places stretching from Riyadh city,Dubai city,Tehran,Samarkand( Uzbekistan),Kabul,Gwalior( India) and as south as Bangalore( India).
The USGC received responses from -
Dharmashala - Where the Intensity was reported V ( FIVE) ( Moderate Shaking and Light damage expected)
In Pilani, INTENSITY V ( 5) was reported which means Moderate Shaking and minor damage.
Delhi, Gwalior,Noida - Intensity IV( 4) where minor shaking with no damage was recorded
Chandigarh,Jaipur,Jodhpur,Jaisalmer,Mumbai and Bangalore- Intensity- III ( Weak Shaking of the ground and no damage)
The Earthquake's maximum effect ( Intensity ) was reported at
Naushahro Firoz ( In Sindh region),Pakistan and Rudbar in Afghanisthan ( Where INTENSITY WAS VI,6)
In rest areas of the list, Intensty of III,II and I was reported
DAMAGE REPORTS
1} Several Houses were collapsed and damaged in Quetta
** No death reports till yet
2] One person has died due to wall collapse in Pakistan
More damage reports shall be coming as Earthquake must have created extensive damage in Pakistan.In quetta, A woman died of Heart Attack after the earthquake
3] No casualties reported in India
MERCALLI INTENSITY SCALE ( GIVEN BELOW)
COMPARE THE VALUES REPORTED AT PLACES WITH THE DEFINED DAMAGE GIVEN BELOW
I. Instrumental | Not felt by many people unless in favourable conditions. |
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II. Weak | Felt only by a few people at best, especially on the upper floors of buildings. Delicately suspended objects may swing. |
III. Slight | Felt quite noticeably by people indoors, especially on the upper floors of buildings. Many do not recognize it as an earthquake. Standing motor cars may rock slightly. Vibration similar to the passing of a truck. Duration estimated. |
IV. Moderate | Felt indoors by many people, outdoors by few people during the day. At night, some awakened. Dishes, windows, doors disturbed; walls make cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building. Standing motor cars rock noticeably. Dishes and windows rattle alarmingly. |
V. Rather Strong | Felt outside by most, may not be felt by some outside in non-favourable conditions. Dishes and windows may break and large bells will ring. Vibrations like large train passing close to house. |
VI. Strong | Felt by all; many frightened and run outdoors, walk unsteadily. Windows, dishes, glassware broken; books fall off shelves; some heavy furniture moved or overturned; a few instances of fallen plaster. Damage slight. |
VII. Very Strong | Difficult to stand; furniture broken; damage negligible in building of good design and construction; slight to moderate in well-built ordinary structures; considerable damage in poorly built or badly designed structures; some chimneys broken. Noticed by people driving motor cars. |
VIII. Destructive | Damage slight in specially designed structures; considerable in ordinary substantial buildings with partial collapse. Damage great in poorly built structures. Fall of chimneys, factory stacks, columns, monuments, walls Heavy furniture moved. |
IX. Violent | General panic; damage considerable in specially designed structures, well designed frame structures thrown out of plumb. Damage great in substantial buildings, with partial collapse. Buildings shifted off foundations. |
X. Intense | Some well built wooden structures destroyed; most masonry and frame structures destroyed with foundation. Rails bent. |
XI. Extreme | Few, if any masonry structures remain standing. Bridges destroyed. Rails bent greatly. |
XII. Cataclysmic | Total destruction - Everything is destroyed. Lines of sight and level distorted. Objects thrown into the air. The ground moves in waves or ripples. Large amounts of rock move position. Landscape altered, or leveled by several meters. In some cases, even the routes of rivers are changed. |