New data on the Indus Kohistan seismic zone and its extension into the Hazara–Kashmir Syntaxis, NW Himalayas of Pakistan

Monalisa Monalisa1, Azam A. Khwaja2, M. Qasim Jan1, Robert S. Yeats3, Abid Hussain4, Shahid Ali Khan5
1Department of Earth Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
2Higher Education Commission Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
3Geosciences, Oregon State University and Earth Consultants International, Corvallis, OR, USA
4Geological Survey of Pakistan, Peshawar, Pakistan
5Centre for Earthquake Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan

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