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Pakistan earthquakes in 1983

10 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Pakistan in 1983. The largest: M4.8 25 km NNW of Warah, Pakistan, Nov 18, 1983.

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

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Where every quake of 1983 was located in Pakistan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1983

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 19830
February 198314.562 km E of Zhob, Pakistan
March 19830
April 198324.733 km E of Sibi, Pakistan
May 19830
June 198314.843 km WSW of Khuzdar, Pakistan
July 198314.611 km W of Sargodha, Pakistan
August 198324.747 km W of Gilgit, Pakistan
September 198314.524 km N of Bela, Pakistan
October 19830
November 198324.825 km NNW of Warah, Pakistan
December 19830

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.

Nearby

Pakistan nowWorldwide in 1983

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.