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Barkat, Adnan; Javed, Farhan; Tan, Yen Joe; Ali, Aamir; Javed, Muhammad Tahir; Ahmad, Nabeel; Awais, Muhammad; Shah, Muhammad Ali; Iqbal, Talat (2022). "2019 Mw 5.9 Mirpur, Pakistan
Earthquake: Insights from Integrating Geodetic, Seismic, and Field Observations".
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and went back to his native region immediately after the reports of the damage emerged. NDMA vehicles laden with 200 tents, 800 blankets, 200 kitchen sets and 100 medical kits were dispatched to affected areas.
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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",
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547:List of earthquakes in 2019
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1331:North Maluku, Indonesia
557:1885 Kashmir earthquake
519:, cut short a visit to
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20:2019 Kashmir earthquake
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957:. September 24, 2019.
831:. September 24, 2019.
588:Comprehensive Catalog
417:Main Himalayan Thrust
372:continental collision
16:Earthquake in Kashmir
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283:40 dead, 850 injured
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1192:Earthquakes in 2019
1096:2022SeiRL..93.1464T
756:2022SeiRL..93.2015B
669:. 26 September 2019
636:2021Tectp.81629013S
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