What the records say
- When
- 27 Feb 1997
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Where
- Pakistan
- Coordinates
- 29.98° N, 68.21° E
- Deaths
- 60
- Houses destroyed
- 500
- Depth km
- 33
1997 Harnai earthquake
1997 doublet earthquake centered in Harnai, Pakistan
The 1997 Harnai earthquake occurred on February 27 at 21:08 UTC near Harnai, Pakistan, and felt throughout much of central Balochistan, with a magnitude estimated at 7.0 on the Mw scale. A 2016 study determined that this was a doublet earthquake, the Mw6.8 shock that hit 19 seconds later being a continuation of the initial main shock.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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