December 20, 1892 Earthquake: Chaman,baluchistan, Pakistan

Date

December 20, 1892

Place

Chaman,baluchistan, Pakistan

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

30.500° N, 66.200° E

Country

Pakistan

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• May 30, 1935, Quetta, PakistanM7.5 · 60,000 deaths · $25 million · 125 km
• October 20, 1909, PakistanM7.2 · 231 deaths · 182 km
• October 28, 2008, Quetta, PakistanM6.4 · 215 deaths · 3,487 houses destroyed · 111 km
• October 6, 2021, Balochistan Province, PakistanM5.9 · 42 deaths · 177 km
• February 18, 1955, Quetta, Pakistan12 deaths · 77 km
• March 4, 1990, Kalat, Quetta, Mastung, PakistanM6.1 · 11 deaths · $1 million · 176 km
• December 12, 1981, Central, PakistanM4 · 6 deaths · 45 houses destroyed · 102 km
• August 28, 1992, Kalat, PakistanM5.5 · 4 deaths · 166 km
• March 16, 1978, Quetta, Nushki, PakistanM5.9 · 1 death · 65 km
• May 8, 2004, Quetta, PakistanM4.5 · 1 death · 98 km
• November 12, 2010, Quetta, PakistanM4.7 · 95 km
• October 29, 2008, Ziarat, PakistanM6.4 · 121 km
• August 27, 1931, Mach,baluchistan, PakistanM7.4 · 131 km
• August 6, 1983, Ziarat, PakistanM4.2 · 25 houses destroyed · 158 km
• March 2, 2005, Quetta, PakistanM4.9 · 177 km

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