In the original version of this article, which appeared in Journal of Earth System Science 125(3) 623–644, figures 1 and 2 were incorrectly presented. The corrected figures are as follows.

Figure 1
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Location map of the study area, the bold light grey line shows the boundary of the Islamabad region.

Figure 2
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Geological map of the study area. Data points for ambient noise measurements survey were run at 81 sites in the study area (shown as grey dots).