M3.9 earthquake 17 km N of Baffa, Pakistan
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 17 km N of Baffa, Pakistan on Sun, Mar 19, 2006, 8:17 AM GMT+5 (03:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 49 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-03-19 03:17:40 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.597° N, 73.235° 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
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.518 km NNE of Baffa, Pakistan · 7500 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.623 km E of Battagram, Pakistan · 7500 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.249 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7499 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 8
- 4.346 km NE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7498 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.855 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7498 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.548 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7498 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.410 km ENE of Battagram, Pakistan · 7497 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.54 km NW of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7495 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.126 km NE of Baffa, Pakistan · 7493 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.721 km N of Baffa, Pakistan · 7489 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.315 km NNW of Baffa, Pakistan · 7489 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.738 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7489 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.22 km N of Baffa, Pakistan · 7487 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.720 km NE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7486 days ago · 50 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.522 km N of Rawala Kot, Pakistan · 7484 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.613 km SE of Battagram, Pakistan · 7484 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.016 km N of Baffa, Pakistan · 7478 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.216 km ENE of Battagram, Pakistan · 7474 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.324 km SE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7473 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.846 km NNE of Battagram, Pakistan · 7466 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.215 km ENE of Battagram, Pakistan · 7464 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.48 km N of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7461 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.08 km S of Shingli Bala, Pakistan · 7460 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.830 km ESE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7456 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.115 km NNW of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7455 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.318 km E of Battagram, Pakistan · 7455 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.48 km NW of Mansehra, Pakistan · 7453 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.317 km E of Battagram, Pakistan · 7450 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.529 km N of Shingli Bala, Pakistan · 7449 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.537 km ENE of Battagram, Pakistan · 7448 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 4.917 km ESE of Battagram, Pakistan · 7500 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.415 km N of Baffa, Pakistan · 7500 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.413 km NNW of Baffa, Pakistan · 7504 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.511 km NE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7505 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.621 km E of Battagram, Pakistan · 7505 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.712 km ENE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7517 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.816 km NNE of Baffa, Pakistan · 7520 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.328 km N of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7524 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.85 km NE of Battagram, Pakistan · 7530 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
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