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Magnitude 7.6 - PAKISTAN
2005 October 8 03:50:38 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
A major earthquake occurred at 03:50:38 (UTC) on Saturday, October 8,
2005. The magnitude 7.6 event has been located in PAKISTAN. (This event has been
reviewed by a seismologist.)
Magnitude 7.6
Date-Time Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 03:50:38 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 8:50:38 AM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 34.432°N, 73.537°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region PAKISTAN
Distances
95 km (60 miles) NNE of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
115 km (70 miles) ESE of Mingaora, Pakistan
125 km (75 miles) WNW of Srinagar, Kashmir
165 km (105 miles) N of Jhelum, Pakistan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 8.9 km (5.5 miles); depth fixed
by location program
Parameters Nst=142, Nph=142, Dmin=915 km, Rmss=1.31 sec, Gp= 22°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usdyae
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