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Pakistan was shaken near Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.2. the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, early evening on Wednesday, March 16th, 2022, at 6:35 pm local time. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.0.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Skardu (pop. 2,100) located 52 km from the epicenter, and Gilgit (pop. 10,400) 90 km away.
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