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Pakistan Chief Minister Balochistan Dry Abdul Malik Baloch has declared emergency in district Awaran after a powerful 7.7 earthquake killed at least 32 people Tuesday.

Pakistan Chief Minister Balochistan Dry Abdul Malik Baloch has declared emergency in district Awaran after a powerful 7.7 earthquake killed at least 32 people Tuesday.

The chief minister also directed the authorities concerned for immediate rescue and relief activities in the quake-hit areas.

Labaj area of Awaran was the worst hit by the powerful quake and at least 32 people lost their lives and several houses were damaged.

The Awaran District in Pakistan is a district in the south of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The district consists of three tehsils, i.e., Mashkay, Awaran, Jhal Jhao and eight patwar circles – Jebree, Gajar, Parwar, Peelar Jah, Awaran, Gashkore, Peelar Jhao and Camp Jhao; and 216 mauzas (villages).

As well as district capital the town serves as tehsil headquarters and as a Union Council.

Earthquake details are as follows:
USGS reports a major 7.7 earthquake with the potential to cause major damage and casualties. Initial reports say 45 dead.
2013-09-24 11:29:48 UTC
2013-09-24 16:29:48 UTC + 05: 00 ing Episentrum gempa
2013-09-24 01:29:48 UTC-10: 00 wektu sistem
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27.000 ° N 65.514 ° E ambane = 20.0km (12.4mi)

Kutha cedhak

66km (41mi) NNE of Awaran, Pakistan
116km (72mi) NW of Bela, Pakistan
172km (107mi) NW of Uthal, Pakistan
175km (109mi) S of Kharan, Pakistan
791km (492mi) ENE of Muscat, Oman

The population of Awaran was estimated to be over 200,000 in 2005. Most of population are rural. Over 98% of the people of the area are Muslims and a small Zikri minority. The tribes in Awaran are divided into several clans, the Baloch tribes in the district are Rind, Qambrani, Bizenjo, Mohammed Hasni, Sajdi, Mirwani, Rakhshani, Musiani, Sumalani and Mengal.

The September 24, 2013 M7.7 earthquake in south-central Pakistan occurred as the result of oblique-strike-slip type motion at shallow crustal depths. The location and mechanism of the earthquake are consistent with rupture within the Eurasia plate above the Makran subduction zone. The event occurred within the transition zone between northward subduction of the Arabia plate beneath the Eurasia plate and northward collision of the India plate with the Eurasia plate. The epicenter of the event is 69km north of Awaran, Pakistan, and 270km north of Karachi, Pakistan (population 11.6 million).

On a broad scale, the tectonics of southern and central Pakistan reflect a complex plate boundary where the India plate slides northward relative to the Eurasia plate in the east, and the Arabia plate subducts northward beneath the Eurasia plate in the Makran (western Pakistan). These motions typically result in north-south to northeast-southwest strike-slip motion at the latitude of the September 24 earthquake that is primarily accommodated on the Chaman Fault, with the earthquake potentially occurring on one of the southern-most strands of this fault system. Further, more in-depth studies will be required to identify the precise fault associated with this event. Although seismically active, this portion of the Eurasia plate boundary region has not experience large damaging earthquakes in the recent history. In the past 40 years, only one significant event (M6.1), which killed 6, has occurred within 200km of the September 2013 event, in July of 1990.

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