A very large earthquake in Pakistan today!
As a result of collision of the Arabia plate into the Eurasia plate, thrust faults formed in Pakistan. This collision zone is the same basic convergence region that extends from Java/Sumatra, up through Burma, across India (creating the Himalaya), through the middle east, into the Mediterranean creating the Alps.
Here is the moment tensor for this earthquake, showing the oblique mechanism.
Here is a map with the epicenter plotted in google earth.
Here is a map with the Modified Mercalli Intensity Contours plotted in google earth.
Here is a map with the MMI intensity (USGS shakemap color overlay) and Peak Ground Acceleration Contours plotted in google earth.
Here is the USGS page: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000jyiv#summary
Here is the USGS map for the region:
Here is the USGS page for the loss estimates below: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000jyiv#pager
Here is the estimate of fatalities for this earthquake:
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[…] This is also a region that experienced some effects from an earthquake further to the north in 2013. On 2013.09.24 there was an earthquake with a magnitude of M 7.7 that caused ground shaking throughout the region, as well as an interesting feature that arose from the seafloor along the continental shelf (what this feature is called is in debate; some called it a mud volcano). Here is my brief report on the 2013 earthquake. […]