3.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Karachi
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A moderate earthquake of magnitude 3.1 struck Karachi — the provincial capital of Sindh — on Saturday morning, according to the Pakistan’s National Seismic Monitoring Centre.
The centre said the earthquake, felt at 11:39am in various parts of the metropolis, originated 76 kilometres northeast of Karachi and had a depth of 15km.
The statement added the quake had a longitude of 67.57 east and latitude of 25.27 north.
The tremors spread panic among locals, however, no casualties or damage was reported.
Some Karachiites shared their experience of the tremors on Twitter.
In June this year, an earthquake of magnitude 4.4 had struck Islamabad and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. No casualties or damage to property were reported.
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Aug 21, 2021 02:28pm
The epicenter of the earthquake, 76 km North East of Karachi, must be in lower Sindh.
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Aug 21, 2021 02:28pm
Authorities need to prepare for the aftermath of natural disasters!
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Aug 21, 2021 02:43pm
@Maxx, : Authorities are busy moving their wealth and families abroad. They will definitely look in to it once they can spare few minutes for their real jobs.
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Aug 21, 2021 03:25pm
Get ready and be prepared proactively for the aftermath of any type and all types of natural disasters in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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Aug 21, 2021 03:43pm
May Almighty mercy on all of us.
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Aug 21, 2021 03:44pm
Precursor to something bigger in the coming days, months, years. Stay alert, if you want to live!
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Aug 21, 2021 03:47pm
Karachi is on fault line, though most part of country is on fault lines, so seismic activity is inevitable, yet people are still building skyscrapers, specially in Karachi, as one mega earthquake and billions may lost their lives, the sooner someone highlight this issue and make awareness is better, else almost 60pc of Karachi population lives in flats.
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Aug 21, 2021 04:02pm
It’s a warning from above.
Mend your ways Pakistan, or you will be punished.
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Aug 21, 2021 05:08pm
Pakistan territory is split between three major tectonic plates: Arabian plate, Eurasian plate and Indian plate. It is very high earth quake zone. All high rise buildings should be earth quake proof.
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Aug 21, 2021 05:30pm
Karachi is on fault line ..our construction is on fault structure..our lives, we live under fault lines..our politics on fault line..our love for OUR CITY ON FAULT LINE..can you imagine, what could happen by any kind of a jolt..we will crumble down..
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Aug 21, 2021 05:43pm
Be ready for the Karma. It will fire back with no mercy.
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Aug 21, 2021 06:38pm
Bless our city. We cannot have earthquake now. Not ready at all.
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Aug 21, 2021 07:55pm
@Khanm, who cares
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Aug 21, 2021 08:38pm
Just brush it under the carpet for now, so when a big one comes, we can say we didn't know.
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Aug 21, 2021 11:57pm
Earthquake results when the earth is burdened with heavy and high building construction is undertaken without planning and assessing the earth quality and strength. It is already on record that Karachi is situated at fault line, accordingly construction activities of high rise buildings should have been curtailed and controlled to make the Karachi a living city!
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Aug 22, 2021 02:32am
@Pops, Making fun of natural disasters that can happen to any country, remember cyclone in India recently
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Aug 22, 2021 07:20am
Just came to know about the earthquake through your newspaper. Not felt otherwise, Alhamdulillah
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