M3.4 earthquake 8 km NW of Mansehra, Pakistan
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Mansehra, Pakistan on Fri, May 5, 2006, 1:14 PM GMT+5 (08:14 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 47 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
- 3.4 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-05-05 08:14:20 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.390° N, 73.147° E
- Region
- Pakistan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000egb2. 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 198°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.317 km E of Battagram, Pakistan · 7454 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.529 km N of Shingli Bala, Pakistan · 7454 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.537 km ENE of Battagram, Pakistan · 7453 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.638 km N of Battagram, Pakistan · 7441 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.88 km SE of Battagram, Pakistan · 7411 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.147 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7405 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.36 km N of Shingli Bala, Pakistan · 7400 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 4.318 km E of Battagram, Pakistan · 7460 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.115 km NNW of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7460 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.830 km ESE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7461 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.08 km S of Shingli Bala, Pakistan · 7465 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.48 km N of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7466 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.215 km ENE of Battagram, Pakistan · 7469 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.846 km NNE of Battagram, Pakistan · 7470 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.324 km SE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan · 7477 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.216 km ENE of Battagram, Pakistan · 7478 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.016 km N of Baffa, Pakistan · 7483 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000egb2. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:12 PM UTC.