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Pakistan earthquakes in 1973

20 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Pakistan in 1973. The largest: M5.6 63 km WNW of Dera Bugti, Pakistan, Jan 20, 1973.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

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Where every quake of 1973 was located in Pakistan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1973

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 197365.663 km WNW of Dera Bugti, Pakistan
February 19730
March 19730
April 197314.954 km WNW of Dera Bugti, Pakistan
May 197314.932 km SSW of Uthal, Pakistan
June 197314.835 km NNW of Daromehar, Pakistan
July 19730
August 197335.1105 km WSW of Uthal, Pakistan
September 197325.352 km SW of Pasni, Pakistan
October 197334.990 km W of Gilgit, Pakistan
November 197325.156 km WNW of Rajanpur, Pakistan
December 197315.095 km W of Gilgit, Pakistan

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

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Pakistan nowWorldwide in 1973

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.