M3.8 earthquake northwestern Kashmir
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in northwestern Kashmir on Thu, Nov 21, 2002, 12:13 PM GMT+5 (07:13 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 45 km SE of Gilgit, Pakistan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-11-21 07:13:00 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.370° N, 74.505° E
- Region
- Pakistan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.445 km SE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8705 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.854 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8703 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.777 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8703 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.972 km W of Skardu, Pakistan · 8703 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.979 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 8703 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.365 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8703 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.463 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8702 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.365 km SE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8698 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.066 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8697 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.151 km S of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8687 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.843 km W of Skardu, Pakistan · 8678 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.772 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8678 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.070 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8678 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.642 km SE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8674 days ago · 100 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 3.547 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8706 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.661 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8706 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.062 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8706 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.564 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8706 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.454 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8706 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.955 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8706 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.060 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8707 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 6.358 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8707 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.657 km S of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8708 days ago · 150 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.052 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8719 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.571 km SE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8719 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.751 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8719 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.862 km SSW of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8719 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.656 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8719 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.058 km S of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8719 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.767 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8720 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.553 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8722 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.353 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8722 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.852 km SSE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8723 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.259 km SE of Gilgit, Pakistan · 8723 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bj3u. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:03 AM UTC.