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M5.3 Astore Valley
Sequence, 2002 |
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Date: |
1
November 2002 |
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Epicentre: |
NE of
Rakhlot Peak, Zaskar Mountains |
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Time: |
22:09:28 UTC |
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Latitude: |
35.361 N (ISC) |
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Longitude: |
74.718 E (ISC) |
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Depth: |
29.3
kms (ISC) |
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Magnitude: |
Mw
5.3 (HRV); Mb 5.3 (ISC) |
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A
moderate earthquake struck the Astore
Valley in the Kashmir Himalayas, on 2
November 2002 at 03:39 AM local time that killed 1 person. It
had a magnitude of Mw=5.3.
This earthquake was followed by additional
moderate events on November 3rd and 21st, that resulted in further
damage and casualties.
The earthquake
was centred 6
kilometres NE of Rakhlot Peak, Kashmir Himalayas,
13 kilometres W of Astore (Zaskar Mountains),
Kashmir Himalayas,
18.4 kilometres NE of Nanga Parbat peak (Zaskar Mountains),
Kashmir Himalayas,
38.8 kilometres
S of Jaglot (Zaskar Mountains), Kashmir Himalayas,
57.7 kilometres E of Chilas (Zaskar Mountains), Kashmir Himalayas,
73.1 kilometres SE of Gilgit (Zaskar
Mountains), Kashmir Himalayas,
143 kilometres N of Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir), India,
237 kilometres NNE of Islamabad (N.C.T.), Pakistan.
1
person was killed and 3 injured
in a rock falls on the
Karakoram Highway at Tatapani near Jaglod. All four were bus
passengers who alighted the vehicle to clear the road of an earlier
rock fall.
The lone fatality occurred when one of the
passengers was swept into the Indus River. The
others injured were admitted to a local hospital. Traffic between
Rawalpindi and Gilgit came to a halt due to the closure of the
Karakoram Highway. |
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References
01)
International Seismological Centre (ISC),
Berkshire.
02)
National
Earthquake Information Centre (NEIC), Golden, USA.
03)
Harvard Centroid Moment Tensor Solution (HRV), Harvard, USA.
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Macroseismic information has been compiled by
the ASC from reports by local media and local NGO personnel.
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