The 2011 Pakistan earthquake was a magnitude Mw 7.2 earthquake that had its epicenter 45 kilometers west of Dalbandin in Balochistan. The epicenter is located in a sparsely populated area. The United States Geological Survey reported the earthquake took place on January 18, 2011 at 20:23:17 UTC (on January 19 at 01:23 AM local time) at 28.838°N, 63.974°E. The depth of the earthquake was believed to be 84 km.
Tremors after the earthquake reached neighboring countries including Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Iran, Afghanistan, and India a few moments after the quake. The earthquake was felt with in Islamabad, Karachi, in Muscat, in Delhi, in Kabul, in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Two women died of a heart attacks in Quetta after the earthquake, about 330 km northeast of the epicenter.
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