The quake was 8:50 a.m. local time. Pakistan is celebrating Ramadan.
A thrust quake. A news report follows.
2005/10/08 03:50 M 7.6 PAKISTAN Z= 10km 34.43N 73.54E
This information is provided by the USGS
National Earthquake Information Center.
(Address problems to: sedas@ghtmail.cr.usgs.gov)
These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake IN PAKISTAN has occurred at:
34.43N 73.54E Depth 10km Sat Oct 8 03:50:38 2005 UTC
Time: Universal Time (UTC) Sat Oct 8 03:50:38 2005
Time Near Epicenter Sat Oct 8 08:50:38 2005
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Fri Oct 7 23:50:38 2005
Central Daylight Time (CDT) Fri Oct 7 22:50:38 2005
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) Fri Oct 7 21:50:38 2005
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) Fri Oct 7 20:50:38 2005
Alaska Daylight Time (ADT) Fri Oct 7 19:50:38 2005
Hawaii Standard Time (HST) Fri Oct 7 17:50:38 2005
Location with respect to nearby cities:
95 km (60 miles) NNE of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (pop 524,000)
115 km (70 miles) ESE of Mingaora, Pakistan (pop 174,000)
125 km (75 miles) WNW of Srinagar, Kashmir (pop 894,000)
165 km (105 miles) N of Jhelum, Pakistan
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please consult:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usdyae.htm .
Flinn-Engdahl Region Number = 710
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05/10/08 03:50:38.63
PAKISTAN
Epicenter: 34.432 73.537
MW 7.3
USGS MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
Depth 20 No. of sta: 24
Moment Tensor; Scale 10**20 Nm
Mrr= 0.55 Mtt=-0.03
Mff=-0.52 Mrt= 0.69
Mrf=-0.33 Mtf= 0.41
Principal axes:
T Val= 1.01 Plg=57 Azm= 4
N 0.03 22 132
P -1.04 24 232
Best Double Couple:Mo=1.0*10**20
NP1:Strike=358 Dip=29 Slip= 140
NP2: 124 72 67