Powerful Earthquake in Pakistan Luckily Avoids Highly Populated Areas

This morning, Pakistan experienced a very powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake in its southwestern-most province. Luckily, the epicenter of the earthquake was located about 45 kilometers west of Dalbandin in a sparsely populated area of the Balochistan province. Unfortunately, though, there have been two deaths thought to be indirectly caused by the earthquake, both from heart attacks in possible reaction to the powerful quake.

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Cities as far away as New Delhi and Dubai felt the aftershock of the earthquake, but luckily none of the highly populated cities in the region felt the full effect. Thankfully, the earthquake took place about 80 km (50 miles) under the surface of the earth, which is why the damage was very minimal. A quake of that scale close to the surface would have done very serious damage, such as the devastating 7.6 magnitude 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan earthquake that killed close to 80,000 people.

Here are StanaCard, we were very relieved to hear that this earthquake stayed so far below the surface and was felt the strongest in a non-populated area, especially in the wake of the detrimental floods that the Pakistani people have been slowly recovering from since this summer.

In the midst of all of the natural disasters that have recently affected Pakistan, now is a great time to call a friend or relative in Pakistan to try to boost their spirits a bit. And what better service to use than StanaCard, as we are currently running a special where you can get up to 40 percent off your calls to Pakistan or India. Also, you can get free calls to anywhere any time of year by simply telling a friend about our great service.

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