Electronic Supplement to
The 21 May 2014 Mw 5.9 Bay of Bengal Earthquake: Macroseismic Data Reveals a High-Stress-Drop Event

by Stacey S. Martin and Susan E. Hough

Table S3. Macroseismic Observations for the 14 June 1934 MGR 7.0 Balochistan Earthquake

Report Number Location Country Latitude
(° North)
Longitude
(° East)
EMS* Quality Description Source
1 Amritsar India 31.635 74.872 3 1 Felt for several seconds Times of India (16 June 1934)
2 Dera Ghazi Khan Pakistan 30.051 70.637 4 0 Strongly felt Civil & Military Gazette (15 June 1934)
3 Gwadur Pakistan 25.128 62.323 F 0 Felt Anonymous (1936)
4 Kachhi Plain Pakistan 28.982 68.017 F 2 Slight shocks felt Anonymous (1934)
5 Kakar Pakistan 26.966 67.688 F 0 Felt Anonymous (1936)
6 Karachi Pakistan 24.869 67.012 4 0 Felt by a few; doors and windows shaken; lampposts rattled Tribune (18 June 1934)
7 Mehar Pakistan 22.175 67.815 F 0 Felt Anonymous (1936)
8 Multan Pakistan 30.200 71.469 4 0 People run outdoors Times of India (16 June 1934)
9 Rawalpindi Pakistan 33.600 73.044 3 1 Felt for 30 s Anonymous (1936)

* European Macroseismic Scale (EMS) magnitudes are from Grünthal (1998). F, felt (i.e., a report that shaking was felt, with no other details).

† Locations for the publications are listed in Table S4; see also References (for Anonymous, 1934, 1936).

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