This article is shared by Farjad Akmal for PWP from Karachi city, Sindh, Pakistan Large earthquakes along the Makran Subduction Zone (MSZ) have generated destructive tsunamis in the past (Berninghausen, 1966). Although the historic record is incomplete, it is believed that tsunamis from this region had significant impact on several countries bordering the Northern Arabian Sea and the Indian…
This article is shared by Farjad Akmal for PWP from Karachi city, Sindh, Pakistan A disastrous earthquake again stuck southwestern Pakistan on 19/01/2011 at 1.23am. This is second large magnitude earthquake hiting Pakistan after 2005 devastating earthquake(7.6Mw). The earthquake occurred at 45 km (30 miles) W of Dalbandin, Pakistan at depth of 84km which is kind of…
The quake literally shifted the earth’s axis Life changed for ever in Japan Japan witnessed its worst earthquake in 140 years ago on March 11 last year. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a deadly nuclear chaos at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the quake almost shifted the axis of Earth as it hit the north-eastern…
Pakistan Weather Portal (PWP) 