Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - 12 km southeast of Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on Friday, Dec 24, 2021 at 10:58 pm (GMT +5) -

Moderate magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 29 km depth

24 Dec 18:04 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 6 minutes.
24 Dec 18:09: Now using data updates from NCS
25 Dec 18:16: Now using data updates from USGS

Update Fri, 24 Dec 2021, 18:15

Moderate magnitude 4.2 quake hits 11 km northeast of Battagram, Pakistan late at night

4.2 quake 24 Dec 10:58 pm (GMT +5)

An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred only 16 minutes ago 11 km northeast of Battagram, Pakistan, India's National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported.
The quake hit at an intermediate depth of 120 km beneath the epicenter near Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, late at night on Friday, December 24th, 2021, at 10:58 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.2 as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Battagram (pop. 700,000) located 11 km from the epicenter, Baffa (pop. 14,000) 34 km away, and Mansehra (pop. 66,500) 45 km away. In Abbottabad (pop. 120,000, 65 km away), Mingora (pop. 279,900, 69 km away), Haripur (pop. 57,000, 83 km away), and Swabi (pop. 97,400, 90 km away), the quake was probably not felt.

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Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 24, 2021 17:58:57 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Dec 24, 2021 at 10:58 pm (GMT +5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.5
Depth	29.2 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	34.6166°N / 73.1308°E (Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Antipode	34.617°S / 106.869°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	24 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	12 km (7 mi) SE of Battagram (pop: 700,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 22 km (13 mi) NNW of Baffa (pop: 14,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) N of Mansehra (pop: 66,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 53 km (33 mi) N of Abbotabad (pop: 120,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) N of Havelian (pop: 40,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 66 km (41 mi) NNE of Khalabat (pop: 39,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 73 km (45 mi) ESE of Mingora (pop: 279,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 100 km (62 mi) N of Islamabad (pop: 601,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 114 km (71 mi) N of Rawalpindi (Punjab) (pop: 1,743,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 158 km (98 mi) ENE of Peshawar (pop: 1,218,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	3.5 x 10¹¹ joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.5	29 km	Near Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	USGS
4.6	10 km	PAKISTAN	EMSC
4.2	120 km	11 Km SE of Battagram, Pakistan	NCS

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Battagram (12.2 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / complex motion difficult to describe / 10-15 s : Suddenly felt the strong jolts,shaking and vibration at 10:58pm late night ,felt 3 to 4 aftershocks till now (10:58pm to 06:10am) 24-25/12/2021 at District Battagram,KP,Pakistan

Battagram, Khyber pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (14.6 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / single lateral shake / 1-2 s : It was a sudden earthquake which create so much fear among the people. The shock in my opinion was very intense, but the duration of the shock was approximately one second or less which didn't done any demage.

Mansehra (15.6 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s : When I was fitting himsepf fpr sleeping as I am on his bed .earthquake is start and so hazzling and vibrating

Saidu Sharif (73 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 5-10 s

near Mardan, Mardān District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (112.2 km WSW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single lateral shake / 5-10 s : No ceiling fan was vibrating, but everyone in the house felt like a shock wave for an instance.

29 km of Bar Shinglai, Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (41.2 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s

Battagram (15.5 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / complex motion difficult to describe / 15-20 s : Shaking Suddenly like a High volt of Electricity it's on a high level 4.1 Magnitude

Peshora (17.3 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake / 1-2 s (reported through our app)

Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (49.6 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 5-10 s

Mansehra (32.4 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s

near Mingora, Swāt District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (68.2 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single vertical bump / very short

Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (35.4 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging

bisham (45.7 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 10-15 s : while i using my laptop suddenly everything to move and door of cupboard begun to open

abbottabad pakistan (46.6 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / very short

Saidu Sharif (73 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 5-10 s

Chattarplain district mansehra (1.4 km WSW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single vertical bump / 10-15 s : Sleeping .felt at 11.03pm

Mohammad younas. Battagram / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / vertical swinging (up and down) / 2-5 s

Battagram / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / single lateral shake / 2-5 s : Earthquake

Battagram Banian / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / 5-10 s

Manshera / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s

Abbotabad / Very weak shaking (MMI II)

Bisham / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / very short

Chattar plain / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s

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