Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - 50 km southwest of Gilgit, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Apr 5, 2022 at 4:20 pm (GMT +5) -
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Moderate magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 10 km depth
5 Apr 12:42 UTC: First to report: KNDC after 1 hour and 22 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Apr 5, 2022 11:20:13 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, Apr 5, 2022 at 4:20 pm (GMT +5) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.8 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 35.63°N / 73.89°E  (Diamer, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan) |
| Antipode | 35.63°S / 106.11°W |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | KNDC (Kazakhstan National Data Center) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 50 km (31 mi) SW of Gilgit (pop: 10,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 62 km (38 mi) S of Gahkuch (pop: 10,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 132 km (82 mi) NE of Battagram (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (pop: 700,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 145 km (90 mi) NNE of Muzaffarabad (Azad Kashmir) (pop: 725,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 158 km (98 mi) NNE of Mansehra (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (pop: 66,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 168 km (104 mi) NE of Mingora (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (pop: 279,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 176 km (110 mi) NNE of Abbotabad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (pop: 120,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 212 km (132 mi) NE of Swabi (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (pop: 97,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 226 km (140 mi) NNE of Islamabad (pop: 601,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 231 km (144 mi) NE of Mardan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (pop: 300,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.8 | 10 km | Pakistan: NORTHWESTERN KASHMIR | KNDC |
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