Pakistan earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 17 km ESE of Battagram, Pakistan

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 17 km ESE of Battagram, Pakistan on Sun, Mar 19, 2006, 7:49 AM GMT+5 (02:49 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 49 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.9 (Mwc, centroid moment), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Mar 19, 2006, 7:49 AM GMT+5
UTC: 2006-03-19 02:49:00 UTC
Depth: 13.5 km (8.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 34.615° N, 73.197° E
Region: Pakistan
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.9	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
4.9	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Balakot, Islamabad, Mansehra and Rawalpindi. Also felt at Muzaffarabad, Kashmir.

From the USGS event page for usp000ecep. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Nodal plane 1: Strike 319°, dip 35°, rake 91°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 138°, dip 55°, rake 89°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap: 41°
Stations used: 146

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ecep (also filed as gcmtc200603190249a, gcmt20060319024900). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:55 AM UTC.