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Today's Earthquake Fact:
The San Andreas fault is NOT a single, continuous fault, but is actually a fault zone made of many segments. Movement may occur along any of the fault segments along the zone at any time. The San Andreas fault system is more than 1300 km (800 miles) long, and in some spots, is as much as 16 km (10 miles) deep.

February   27

Note: All earthquake dates are UTC, not local time.


Year Location Magnitude Comment
1997 Pakistan

Epicenter
7.1 At least 57 people killed, hundreds injured, more than 500 houses damaged or destroyed, thousands homeless and hundreds of livestock killed in the Harnai-Sibi area. Roads and railroads blocked by landslides in the Harnai-Sibi area. Three people killed and several injured in the Quetta area. Felt throughout much of central Baluchistan.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1997.

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