1945 Balochistan earthquake

1945 Balochistan earthquake

UTC time	1945-11-27 21:56:53
ISC event	899220
USGS-ANSS	ComCat
Local date	28 November 1945
Local time	1:26 PKT
Magnitude	8.1 Mw[1]
Depth	15 kilometers (9.3 mi)
Epicenter	24°30′N 63°00′E / 24.5°N 63.0°E / 24.5; 63.0[2]
Areas affected	British India Makran Coast
Max. intensity	MMI X (Extreme)[3]
Tsunami	15.24 m (50.0 ft)[4]
Casualties	300–4,000[5]

The 1945 Balochistan earthquake (Urdu: بلوچستان زلزلہ 1945) occurred in British India at 1:26 PKT on 28 November 1945 with a moment magnitude of 8.1 and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.

The earthquake, with its epicenter 97.6 kilometers south-southwest of Pasni in Balochistan, unleashed a tsunami that caused damage along the Makran coastal region. Deaths from the event were reported to be at least 300 and as many as 4,000 people.^[5]

Another very large earthquake (7.3 M_s) occurred in nearly the same location on August 5, 1947, but not much is known about the event or its effects.^[6]

• List of earthquakes in 1945
• List of earthquakes in Pakistan

Sources

• Lemenkova, Polina (2021), "Relationship between geomorphology of the ocean seafloor with the tectonic structure of the Earth's crust and anomalous geophysical fields: Makran Trench, Arabian Sea", Geology, Geophysics and Environment, 46 (3): 205, doi:10.7494/geol.2020.46.3.205

• Earthquake and Tsunami of 28 November 1945 in Southern Pakistan – George Pararas-Carayannis
• Search for Eyewitness Accounts and Historical Documents on 1945 Makran Tsunami – UNESCO
• The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.