By comparison, on February 20, 1998, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred about 60 km (35 miles) east of the
March 3, 2002 earthquake, at a depth of about 235 km (145 miles) below the surface. That earthquake killed only one
person and destroyed 35 houses in northern Pakistan.
Shallow-depth earthquakes:
1998 Feb 04 14:33:21 37.075N 70.089E 33 km 5.9M at least 2,323 killed
1998 May 30 06:22:28 37.106N 70.110E 33 km 6.6M at least 4,000 killed
Intermediate-depth earthquakes:
1998 Feb 20 12:18:06 36.479N 71.076E 236 km 6.4M 1 person killed
2002 Mar 04 12:08:22 36.533N 70.100E 256 km 7.3M about 150 killed
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