Pakistan Meteorological Department Director General Muhammad Riaz has warned that the Makran Coastal Belt could be hit by an earthquake anytime. Although he can t predict the exact time, Riaz says that there s enough energy gathered in the Eurasian subduction zone that it could cause an earthquake which could even trigger a tsunami. The subduction zone of the Makran Coastal Belts could be hit with an earthquake of 8 magnitude or above. This would also affect the coastal belts of Karachi and the rest of Balochistan. Over 4,000 people died when an earthquake followed by a tsunami had hit the coastal belt in 1944. Now, this fault line has completed its natural time period and the subdu.