Quantcast
ZME Science
  • CoronavirusNEW
  • News
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Animals
    • Renewable Energy
    • Eco tips
    • Environmental Issues
    • Green Living
  • Health
    • Alternative Medicine
    • Anatomy
    • Diseases
    • Genetics
    • Mind & Brain
    • Nutrition
  • Future
  • Space
  • Feature
    • Feature Post
    • Art
    • Great Pics
    • Design
    • Fossil Friday
    • AstroPicture
    • GeoPicture
    • Did you know?
    • Offbeat
  • More
    • About
    • The Team
    • Advertise
    • Contribute
    • Our stance on climate change
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact
No Result
View All Result
ZME Science

No Result
View All Result
ZME Science
No Result
View All Result
Home Science Geology

7.5 Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan

A 7.5 earthquake has struck near the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan and Tajikistan.

Mihai Andrei by Mihai Andrei
October 26, 2015
in Geology, News

A 7.5 earthquake has struck near the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan and Tajikistan. Most of the damage was actually felt in Pakistan, but its extent is not yet known.

EARTHQUAKE afghanistan

A 7.6 earthquake struck Pakistan in 2005, killing 86,000. While thankfully, this one doesn’t look so bad, authorities still expect casualties. Local media is reporting that a building has fell down in Peshawar, and there are also reports of landslides in the area.

The earthquake source was located some 133 miles deep (210 km deep), which makes it an intermediary depth earthquake. This is generally a positive thing, because it means the seismic waves have a longer distance to travel to the surface, and therefore have more chances to dissipate their energy. However, their impact is felt at greater distance from the epicenter. USCG Geo-physiologist Zachary Reeves said:

“Being deeper helps negate the impact at the surface, because it has to travel further to get to the surface,” Reeves said. “It has mote of a distance to lose energy when it reaches the surface. But this is a pretty big earthquake, so it might not matter that much.”

Geologically speaking, the focal mechanisms indicate the rupture occurred either on a near-vertical reverse fault, or a shallowly dipping trust fault. The tectonic cause is the Indian subcontinent which continues to move northward and collide with Asia at a velocity of almost 4 cm / year.

Get more science news like this...

Join the ZME newsletter for amazing science news, features, and exclusive scoops. More than 40,000 subscribers can't be wrong.

   

Focal mechanisms indicate rupture occurred on either a near-vertical reverse fault or a shallowly dipping trust fault. At the latitude of the earthquake, the India subcontinent moves northward and collides with Eurasia at a velocity of about 37 mm/yr.

Mihai Andrei

Mihai Andrei

Andrei's background is in geophysics, and he's been fascinated by it ever since he was a child. Feeling that there is a gap between scientists and the general audience, he started ZME Science -- and the results are what you see today.

Follow ZME on social media

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
  • Coronavirus
  • News
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Future
  • Space
  • Feature
  • More

© 2007-2019 ZME Science - Not exactly rocket science. All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Coronavirus
  • News
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Animals
    • Renewable Energy
    • Eco tips
    • Environmental Issues
    • Green Living
  • Health
    • Alternative Medicine
    • Anatomy
    • Diseases
    • Genetics
    • Mind & Brain
    • Nutrition
  • Future
  • Space
  • Feature
    • Feature Post
    • Art
    • Great Pics
    • Design
    • Fossil Friday
    • AstroPicture
    • GeoPicture
    • Did you know?
    • Offbeat
  • More
    • About
    • The Team
    • Advertise
    • Contribute
    • Our stance on climate change
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact

© 2007-2019 ZME Science - Not exactly rocket science. All Rights Reserved.