Magnitude 6.3 NORTHWESTERN KASHMIR
2002 November 20 21:32:31 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
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Date-Time | 2002 11 20 21:32:31 UTC |
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| Location | 35.53N 74.53E | ||
| Depth | 33.0 kilometers | ||
| Magnitude | 6.3 | ||
| Region | NORTHWESTERN KASHMIR | ||
| Reference |
30 miles (45 km) SSE of Gilgit, Kashmir 100 miles (155 km) N of Srinagar, Kashmir 135 miles (215 km) ENE of Mingaora, Pakistan 150 miles (245 km) NNE of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan |
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| Source | USGS NEIC |
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Nineteen
people killed, at least 40 injured, 100 houses destroyed, at
least 1,256 buildings damaged and extensive damage to utilities
in the Dashkin-Doian-Mushkin area. Dozens of cattle killed and
landslides blocked and damaged many roads in the area. Felt (IV)
at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Also felt as far as Islamabad
and Peshwar, Pakistan.
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Scientific & Technical |
NB:
The region name is an automatically generated name
from the Flinn-Engdahl (F-E) seismic and geographical regionalization scheme.
The boundaries of
these regions are defined at one-degree intervals and therefore differ from
irregular political boundaries.
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