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Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - Pakistan on Thursday, 25 September 2014

Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - Pakistan on Thursday, 25 September 2014

Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - Pakistan on Thursday, 25 September 2014
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 43.0 km.
Date & time: Thu, 25 Sep 02:31:58 UTC
Magnitude: 5.5
Depth: 43.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 27.4°N / 65.85°E
Nearest volcano: Tor Zawar (375 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Thu, 25 Sep
Thu, 25 Sep 02:31 UTCM 5.4 / 20 km PAKISTAN[Map]EMSC
Thu, 25 Sep 02:31 UTCM 5.5 / 52 km92km WSW of Khuzdar, Pakistan[Map]USGS

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shake map
(shakemap: USGS)
"I felt it" reports:
Athens (Greece) (4082 km W from epicenter)(no details): definitely stronger. Probably 5.7 R Seen it imprinted on seismograph sheets in Europe (via EMSC)
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Thu, 25 Sep 06:16 UTCM 5.2 / 47 km - [info] (383 km) Pakistan[Map]GFZ
Tue, 28 Oct
Tue, 28 Oct 17:53 UTCM 4.1 / 29 km - [info] (304 km) PAKISTAN[Map]EMSC

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