Past and present earthquakes in the Shekhupura area, Pakistan

This post has been created to assist people living in the area of the map below to check for nearby present and past earthquakes.

اس پوسٹ کو تخلیق کیا گیا ہے تاکہ نقشے کے علاقے میں رہنے والے لوگوں کو قریبی موجودہ اور ماضی زلزلے کی جانچ پڑتال کرنے میں مدد ملے.


Felt an earthquake today? Please tell us and click the red button! You may write in your own language.

زلزلے آج کل؟ براہ مہربانی ہمیں بتائیں اور سرخ بٹن پر کلک کریں! آپ اپنی زبان میں لکھ سکتے ہیں.



Past earthquakes in the greater epicenter area


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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFO
EMSC Southwestern Kashmir May 31 05:08 3.3 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC Southwestern Kashmir Apr 28 06:47 4.2 50 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC Southwestern Kashmir Apr 16 18:29 3.5 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS Kasur, Pakistan Sep 23 05:45 3.8 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC India-pakistan Border Region Sep 01 12:21 3.9 60 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan - Strong shaking
  • Lahore, Pakistan - Weak shaking
  • Firozpur India punjab - 4-5 seconds, nothing damaged, but it felt like very strong for just 4 to 5 seconds
  • USGS Sharqpur, Pakistan Sep 01 12:21 3.9 59 MAP
    EMSC Pakistan Jul 17 11:54 4.5 60 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Kahna, Pakistan Jul 17 11:53 4.5 62 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON India-pakistan Border Region Jul 17 11:53 4.6 41 MAP I Felt It INFO
  • Lahore - horrified
  • Lahore pakistan - Strong shaking ground for few seconds
  • Lahore - Was awoken in the large house I am staying in by a brief shaking of the building and was then told to go and wait outside in the garden for 15 minutes.
  • Lahore - Thanks GOD I'm safe, this jolted the whole place. It was like someone was drilling the earth.
  • Lahore - I felt it in Lahore city at around 04:58pm 17th july 2016. Its a severe but only one jolt following a short shake, i feel like if a 100 storey building collapsed near my house. No reporting in USGS Survey. what is this and where it started its very confused.
  • Faqirwali - I was lying on the bed. Suddenly i felt that someone have jolted it. In fraction of a second i realized that its an eaethquack. I ran towards other members at home. No one except me noticed earthquack
  • Lahore - THANK YOU for PRAISING GOD, for HIS DIVINE Protection, keep praying!
  • Lahore - very afraid
  • USGS Warburton, Pakistan Mar 20 14:14 4.2 47 MAP I Felt It INFO

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    City/Village where you felt the earthquake *
    Street or suburb (area) where you felt the earthquake
    Latitude (area) where you felt the earthquake
    Longitude (area) where you felt the earthquake
    Shaking Strength *
    MMI II (Very weak shaking) ?
    People :
    Felt by persons at rest, on upper floors or favorably placed.
    MMI III (Weak shaking) ?
    People :
    Felt indoors; hanging objects may swing, vibration similar to passing of light trucks, duration may be estimated, may not be recognized as an earthquake.
    MMI IV (Light shaking) ?
    People :
    Generally noticed indoors but not outside. Light sleepers may be awakened. Vibration may be likened to the passing of heavy traffic, or to the jolt of a heavy object falling or striking the building.
    Fittings :
    Doors and windows rattle. Glassware and crockery rattle. Liquids in open vessels may be slightly disturbed. Standing motorcars may rock.
    Structures :
    Walls and frames of buildings, and partitions and suspended ceilings in commercial buildings, may be heard to creak.
    MMI V (Moderate shaking) ?
    People :
    Generally felt outside, and by almost everyone indoors. Most sleepers awakened. A few people alarmed.
    Fittings :
    Small unstable objects are displaced or upset. Some glassware and crockery may be broken. Hanging pictures knock against the wall. Open doors may swing. Cupboard doors secured by magnetic catches may open. Pendulum clocks stop, start, or change rate.
    Structures :
    Some large display windows cracked. A few earthenware toilet fixtures cracked.
    MMI VI (Strong shaking) ?
    People Felt by all. People and animals alarmed. Many run outside. Difficulty experienced in walking steadily.
    Fittings :
    Objects fall from shelves. Pictures fall from walls. Some furniture moved on smooth floors, some unsecured free-standing fireplaces moved. Glassware and crockery broken. Very unstable furniture overturned. Small church and school bells ring. Appliances move on bench or table tops. Filing cabinets or "easy glide" drawers may open (or shut).
    Structures :
    Slight damage to buildings with low standard. Some stucco or cement plaster falls. Large display windows broken. Damage to a few weak domestic chimneys, some may fall.
    Environment :
    Trees and bushes shake, or are heard to rustle. Loose material may be dislodged from sloping ground, e.g. existing slides, talus slopes, shingle slides.
    MMI VII (Very strong shaking) ?
    People
    General alarm. Difficulty experienced in standing. Noticed by motorcar drivers who may stop.
    Fittings :
    Large bells ring. Furniture moves on smooth floors, may move on carpeted floors. Substantial damage to fragile contents of buildings.
    Structures :
    Unreinforced stone and brick walls cracked. Low standard buildings cracked with some minor masonry falls. A few instances of damage to buildings of ordinary workmanship. Unbraced parapets, unbraced brick gables, and architectural ornaments fall. Roofing tiles, especially ridge tiles may be dislodged. Many unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, often falling from roof-line. Water tanks Type I burst. A few instances of damage to brick veneers and plaster or cement-based linings. Unrestrained water cylinders (hot-water cylinders) may move and leak. Some common windows cracked. Suspended ceilings damaged.
    Environment :
    Water made turbid by stirred up mud. Small slides such as falls of sand and gravel banks, and small rock-falls from steep slopes and cuttings. Instances of settlement of unconsolidated or wet, or weak soils. Some fine cracks appear in sloping ground. A few instances of liquefaction (i.e. small water and sand ejections).
    MMI VIII (Severe shaking) ?
    People Alarm may approach panic. Steering of motorcars greatly affected. Structures : Low standard buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. ordinary workmanship buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged in some cases. A few instances of damage to buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes. Monuments and pre-1976 elevated tanks and factory stacks twisted or brought down. Some pre-1965 infill masonry panels damaged. A few post-1980 brick veneers damaged. Decayed timber piles of houses damaged. Houses not secured to foundations may move. Most unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, some below roof-line, many brought down. Environment : Cracks appear on steep slopes and in wet ground. Small to moderate slides in roadside cuttings and unsupported excavations. Small water and sand ejections and localized lateral spreading adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
    MMI IX (Violent shaking) ?
    Structures Many low standard buildings destroyed. Ordinary workmanship buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes damaged in some cases, some with flexible frames seriously damaged. Damage or permanent distortion to some buildings and bridges, designed and built to normal use standards. Houses not secured to foundations shifted off. Brick veneers fall and expose frames. Environment : Cracking of ground conspicuous. Landsliding general on steep slopes. Liquefaction effects intensified and more widespread, with large lateral spreading and flow sliding adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
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