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M5.4 earthquake near Muzaffarābād, Azad Kashmir

3667 d ago · 1 Oct 2016, 08:04 UTC 62 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan

What happened

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 62 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan on 1 Oct 2016, 08:04 UTC at a depth of 10 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Muzaffarābād, about 62 km away in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.

Timeline

  1. First reported by USGS

    16 Oct 2026, 20:47 UTC

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