August 27, 1931 Earthquake: Mach,baluchistan, Pakistan

Date

August 27, 1931

Time

15:27:00 UTC

Place

Mach,baluchistan, Pakistan

Magnitude

7.4

Focal depth

60 km (37 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

29.800° N, 67.300° 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 · 59 km
• October 20, 1909, PakistanM7.2 · 231 deaths · 71 km
• October 28, 2008, Quetta, PakistanM6.4 · 215 deaths · 3,487 houses destroyed · 93 km
• February 27, 1997, Harnai-Sibi, Quetta, PakistanM7.1 · 60 deaths · 500 houses destroyed · 90 km
• October 6, 2021, Balochistan Province, PakistanM5.9 · 42 deaths · 83 km
• February 18, 1955, Quetta, Pakistan12 deaths · 83 km
• March 4, 1990, Kalat, Quetta, Mastung, PakistanM6.1 · 11 deaths · $1 million · 135 km
• December 12, 1981, Central, PakistanM4 · 6 deaths · 45 houses destroyed · 33 km
• August 28, 1992, Kalat, PakistanM5.5 · 4 deaths · 96 km
• May 8, 2004, Quetta, PakistanM4.5 · 1 death · 40 km
• March 16, 1978, Quetta, Nushki, PakistanM5.9 · 1 death · 97 km
• November 12, 2010, Quetta, PakistanM4.7 · 46 km
• August 6, 1983, Ziarat, PakistanM4.2 · 25 houses destroyed · 80 km
• October 29, 2008, Ziarat, PakistanM6.4 · 90 km
• March 2, 2005, Quetta, PakistanM4.9 · 96 km

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