Pakistan: Impact of Balochistan Earthquakes - as of 4 October 2013

Following two powerful earthquakes experienced in Balochistan

Province on 24 and 28 September 2013, 11 non-governmental
organizations conducted an assessment through 296 key informant
interviews in 296 villages from 30 September to 4 October to determine
humanitarian needs in the affected areas.

Date:
Time:
Magnitude :
Depth:

LEGEND

28 - Sep - 2013
12:34 HRS
6.8
14.8 KM

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Source: USGS

Gujjar UC:
More than 80% of the houses
have been destroyed.
100% of the public health facilities
are not functional.
100% of the key informants indicate drinking
water from their main sources is not clean.

Nokjo UC:
More than 30 assessed villages have been demolished.
Some villages reported more than 70% loss of livestock
-based livelihoods.
More than 82% of villages do not have access to health
facilities within 5 kilometres.

Epicenter

Capitals
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Province Level

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District Level

Province boundary
Affected UCs

Nokjo

Tehsil boundary
Panjgur

District boundary

Mashkai
Tehsil

Parwar UC:
More than 80% of the houses have been destroyed.
More than 90% reported that drinking water from their
main sources is not clean.
More than 98% of the people practise open defecation.

Gujjar

Inaccessible/Not recommended for traffic

Accessible by traffic up to 30MT
Accessible by all kind of traffic

Date:
Time:
Magnitude :
Depth:

Parwar

Panjgur
Jahin Prom
Tehsil

24 - Sep - 2013
16:29 HRS
7.7
20KM

Fault lines
River

Source: USGS

Gawargo
Tehsil

Tirtej UC:
More than 30 assessed villages have been demolished.
Lost 21 water sources, which makes it the hardest-hit
in the earthquake area.
100% of lactating mothers have stopped or reduced
breast feeding.

Population/sq.km
0
1-5
6 - 25
26 - 50
51 - 100
101- 500
501 - 2,500
2501 - 5,000
5001 - 130,000

Korak
Tehsil

Awaran
Buleda
Tehsil

100 km

Awaran

Dandar UC:
More than 90% of children stopped going to school.
No mobile phone network operational.
16 assessed villages have been demolished.

District population (Landscan)

Awaran

Gishkore UC:
72% of villages do not have access to health
facilities within 5 kilometres.
More than 90% of the key informants indicate
drinking water from their main sources is not clean.
100% of children stopped going to school.

Kech

Kech

482,497

Map Doc Name:

PAK757_Balochistan_EQ_UC_A3_L_v5_20131010
10 October 2013
Creation Date:
Projection/Datum:
GCS/WGS84
0

Gishkore

10

20

30

Kilometers

Uthal

TAJIKISTAN
TURKMENISTAN

CHINA

AF GH AN ISTAN

Jam m u
&
Ka s hm i r
!

Tirtej

Jhall
Jhaoo
Tehsil

Awaran
Tehsil

Hoshab

137,379

Data Source:
Population: Landscan 2012; Accessibility: NDMA;
Affected UCs: NGO Assessment
Fault lines:Geological Survey of Paksistan
Epicenter location: USGS

Dandar

Kech
Tehsil

Awaran

Panjgur
Tehsil

200 km
PA K I S TA N
IRAN

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Arabian Sea

INDIA