2019 Kashmir earthquake

Coordinates: 33°06′22″N 73°45′58″E / 33.106°N 73.766°E / 33.106; 73.766
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2019 Kashmir earthquake
2019 Kashmir earthquake is located in Pakistan
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2019 Kashmir earthquake
UTC time2019-09-24 11:01:55
ISC event616494857
USGS-ANSSComCat
Local date24 September 2019
Local time16:02 Pakistan Standard Time
Magnitude5.4 Mww[1]
6.0 Mw[2]
Depth10 km (6.2 mi)
Epicenter33°06′22″N 73°45′58″E / 33.106°N 73.766°E / 33.106; 73.766
TypeThrust
Areas affectedPakistan
Max. intensityMMI VII (Very strong)
EMS-98 VIII (Heavily damaging)
Casualties40 dead, 850 injured

The 2019 Kashmir earthquake struck regions of

Punjab (India), Uttarakhand and northern parts of India including New Delhi.[8]

Tectonic setting

Kashmir lies at the southern margin of the broad zone of continental collision between the Eurasian and Indian Plates. The rate of convergence between these plates near this location is 38 mm per year.[9] The main structures involved in accommodating this convergence are large thrust faults, such as the Main Central Thrust and the Main Frontal Thrust. Within the frontal thrust zone, there are many individual thrust faults. Many damaging earthquakes have resulted from movement on such thrust faults, such as the 2005 Kashmir earthquake which caused the deaths of around 87,000 people.[1]

Earthquake

The earthquake which occurred at a depth of 10 km was the result of thrust faulting associated with the active convergent boundary. Further analysis has showed that it occurred on a near horizontal-dipping

InSAR data indicated a moment magnitude of 6.0.[2]

Damage

The earthquake caused severe damage to 135 houses in Mirpur District, with a further 319 being partially damaged, most in Mirpur and just four in Bhimber District. Two bridges were reported damaged and parts of several roads were affected, particularly 14 km of the Main Jatlan Road.[10][11]

According to the chairman of Pakistan's

megawatts to Pakistan's national power grid. At 7:20 pm, power generation at Mangla was resumed, restoring 700 MW to the national grid.[13]

According to a media report, cracks and fissures had appeared in the

Upper Jhelum canal. Flood water had managed to enter the Chak Nigah village in Jatlan town.[14] The canal was subsequently shut as a precautionary measure.[13]

Casualties

Forty people have died and more than 850 injured as per the reports published on 26 September. Of those who died, thirty-three were in Mirpur District, four in Bhimber District, and one more in Jhelum District.[10] Reuters reported, citing architects, that the large number of casualties were due to shoddy building construction methods and weak construction standards in Pakistan.[3] Mirpur's deputy inspector general of police Sardar Gulfaraz Khan stated that a large number of deaths were caused due to the collapse of old houses in the villages.[3]

Response

The

Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Haider Khan, cut short a visit to Lahore and went back to his native region immediately after the reports of the damage emerged.[15] NDMA vehicles laden with 200 tents, 800 blankets, 200 kitchen sets and 100 medical kits were dispatched to affected areas.[12]

Aftershocks

On 26 September at 12:30, two days after the major earthquake, another earthquake struck Mirpur, which led to a further 67 people being injured and one death reported.[16] It was of magnitude 4.7 and centered at Thothal Mirpur at the depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi).[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b ANSS. "Pakistan 2019: M 5.6 – 3km S of New Mirpur, Pakistan". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. ^
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  3. ^ a b c "Shoddy homes worsen Pakistan earthquake damage". Reuters. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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  6. ^ "AJK Government Declares Earthquake-hit Mirpur The Calamity-hit Area". UrduPoint. Archived from the original on 2019-09-28. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  7. ^ "23 dead, more than 300 injured as 5.6-magnitude quake rocks northern Pakistan". Dawn. September 24, 2019.
  8. ^ "Tremors In Delhi, Parts Of North India After 6.3 Magnitude Earthquake In Pakistan". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  9. ^ USGS. "Himalaya tectonic summary map" (PDF). Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  10. ^ a b National Disaster Management Authority (26 September 2019). "NDMA Situation Report No. 04 - Mirpur Earthquake 2019 (Dated - 26 September 2019 @ 1530 hours)" (PDF). Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  11. ^ Chaudhry, Fahad, Tariq Naqash (25 September 2019). "Death toll from quake climbs to 38 as relief operations continue". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  12. ^ a b "NDMA chairman briefs media about earthquake damage, rescue efforts". Dawn. September 24, 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Mangla power generation resumes after being affected". Dawn. September 25, 2019.
  14. ^ "Mangla Dam safe after earthquake but 900MW reportedly lost". Geo News. September 24, 2019.
  15. ^ "Earthquake Strikes Pakistan, Killing at Least 22". The New York Times. September 24, 2019.
  16. ^ AFP, Naqash, Tariq (26 September 2019). "67 injured as shallow tremor rocks Mirpur, Jhelum and adjoining areas". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  17. ^ Koshy, Jacob (26 September 2019). "Fresh quake near India-Pakistan border". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 September 2019.

Further reading

  • Tan, Ying; Dai, Zhiyang; Liu, Bin; Zha, Xianjie (2022), "Source Parameters and Slip Distribution of the 2019 Mw 5.8 Mirpur (Pakistan) Earthquake Inferred from the Corrected InSAR Observations", Seismological Research Letters, 93 (3): 1464–1478,
    S2CID 247829398

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