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2025-05-30 21:10:07 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EA55B82874BF100CB1EFF3083CF9B6B09DC655FBCE87C9838FADACDDD4694DA4
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Original Note:
These earthquakes are normal and natural. Pakistan is a seismically active area, and rates and magnitudes of quakes are currently within normal activity ranges. Last 15 years: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=15.96133,49.39453&extent=43.92955,89.86816&range=search&search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22starttime%22:%222010-05-22%2000:00:00%22,%22endtime%22:%222025-05-29%2023:59:59%22,%22maxlatitude%22:38.307,%22minlatitude%22:22.999,%22maxlongitude%22:79.409,%22minlongitude%22:59.897,%22minmagnitude%22:4,%22orderby%22:%22time%22%7D%7D Anyone can check freely available data to see that these are earthquakes and not explosions: https://www.iris.edu/app/station_monitor/ https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-can-you-tell-difference-between-explosion-and-earthquake-seismogram https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/earthquake_or_bomb_how_do_scientists_tell_the_difference
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