Mild Earthquake with Epicenter in South Kashmir hits J&K
Magnitude: 3.2
Date & time: Feb 16, 2022, 5:43: a.m.
Depth: 16.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 33.9°N / 75.23°E (South Kashmir – between Tral & Pahalgam, near Batkoot)
Antipode: 33.9°S / 104.77°W
Nearby towns and cities:
11 km ESE of Tral
15 km SSW of Pahalgam
16 km NE of Bijbehara
20 km NNE of Anantnag
31 km E of Pulwama
34 km NE of Kulgam
44 km ESE of Srinagar
134 km NNE of Jammu
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds, 3.2°C, humidity: 56%, wind: 1 kts from SSW
Primary data source: NCS (National Center for Seismology)
Via: Kashmir Weather
Estimated released energy: 4 x 10⁹ joules (1.11 megawatt hours, equivalent to 0.951 tons of TNT)
