List of earthquakes in Pakistan

Earthquakes in Pakistan

Earthquake zones of Pakistan
Largest	Mw 8.1 1945 Balochistan earthquake
Deadliest	Mw 7.6 2005 Kashmir earthquake

Pakistan is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, being crossed by several major faults. As a result, earthquakes in Pakistan occur often and are destructive.

Geology

Main article: Geology of Pakistan

Pakistan geologically overlaps both the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. Balochistan, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province) and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces lie on the southern edge of the Eurasian plate on the Iranian Plateau. Sindh, Punjab and Azad Jammu & Kashmir provinces lie on the north-western edge of the Indian plate in South Asia. Hence this region is prone to violent earthquakes, as the two tectonic plates collide.

Earthquakes

00Date00	Locality, district, or province	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Notes
2023-03-21	Badakhshan, Afghanistan	6.5 Mw	V	20	302	Severe damage, ten killed in Afghanistan. Damage to buildings also in India and Tajikistan	–
2022-06-24	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	4.2 Mw	VII			Five killed in Afghanistan	[1] [2]
2022-06-21	Khost Province, Afghanistan	6.0 Mw	VIII	13	27	Heavy damage. Over 1,100 killed in Afghanistan.	[3]
2022-05-06	Khuzdar, Balochistan	5.2 Mw	VI		1	Moderate damage	[4]
2022-03-16	Gilgit-Baltistan	5.1 Mw	VII	1	9	Minor damage	[5]
2021-12-27	Gilgit-Baltistan	5.2 Mw	V		9	Severe damage	[6]
2021-10-07	Harnai, Balochistan	5.9 Mw	VII	42	300	Severe damage	[7]
2019-10-06	New Mirpur, Azad Kashmir	3.6 Mw	IV	1	10	Casualties due to a house collapse	[8] [9]
2019-09-24	New Mirpur, Azad Kashmir	5.6 Mw	VII	40	852	Severe	[10]
2018-01-31	Lasbela, Balochistan	4.7 Mw	V	1	9		[11] [12]
2018-01-30	Badakhshan	6.1 Mw		1	9–11
2015-12-25	Gilgit-Baltistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	6.3 Mw	V	4	100
2015-10-26	Badakhshan	7.5 Mw	VII	399	2,536
2015-07-24	Islamabad	5.1 Mw	V	3
2014-05-08	Sindh	4.5 Mw		2	50
2013-09-28	Awaran District, Balochistan	6.8 Mw	VII	22		Aftershock.
2013-09-24	Awaran District, Balochistan	7.7 Mw	IX	825	700
2013-04-16	Balochistan	7.7 Mw	VIII	34	105
2011-01-18	Dalbandin, Balochistan	7.2 Mw	VII	3	some
2010-10-10	Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	5.2 Mw	V	1	15	Moderate damage	[13]
2008-10-29	Ziarat District, Balochistan	6.4 Mw		215	200
2005-10-08	Azad Kashmir, Balakot	7.6 Mw	XI	86,000–87,351	69,000–75,266	Extreme damage in Azad Kashmir, Balakot town almost completely destroyed and Muzaffarabad suffering heaviest number of casualties. Deadliest earthquake in South Asia, epicentre centred on the Jhelum Fault Zone.
2004-02-14	Battagram, North-West Frontier Province	5.5 Mw	VIII	24	63
2002-11-02	Battagram, North-West Frontier Province	5.4 Mw  6.3 Mw	VIII	41	168	Doublet
1997-02-27	Balochistan	7.0 Mw	VIII	57
1992-05-20	Kohat Division, North-West Frontier Province	6.0 Mw	VII	36	100	Moderate	[14] [15]
1983-12-31	Gilgit-Baltistan	7.2 Mw	VII	12–26	60–483	Severe	[14]
1981-12-09	Gilgit-Baltistan	5.9 Mw		220			[16]
1974-12-28	North-West Frontier Province	6.2 Mw		5,300	17,000
1972-09-03	Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province	6.2 Mw	VIII	100			[17]
1945-11-28	Makran Coast, British Baluchistan	8.1 Mw	X	4000		Tsunami
1935-05-31	Ali Jaan, Balochistan	7.7 Mw	X	30,000–60,000
1931-08-27	Mach, Balochistan	7.4 Mw					[18]
1931-08-24	Sharigh Valley, Balochistan	7 Mw					[18]
1909-10-21	Sibi, Balochistan	7 Mw		100			[18]
1892-12-20	Qilla Abdullah, Balochistan	6.8 Mw				Chaman Fault	[19]
1885-05-30	Srinagar, Kashmir	6.3–6.8 Mw	VIII	3,000
1865-01-22	Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province	6 Mw					[19]
1852-01-24	Kahan, Balochistan	8 Mw					[20]
1827-09-24	Lahore, Punjab	7.8 Mw		1,000			[20]
1819-06-16	Allahbund, Sindh	7.7–8.2 Mw	XI	>1,543		Tsunami
1668-05-02	Shahbandar, Sindh	7.6 Mw		50,000			[21]
1555-09-??	Kashmir	7.6–8.0 Mw		600–60,000
The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described are also applicable to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

See also

• List of faults in Pakistan
• National Disaster Management Authority
• Earthquake Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority

References

1. "M 4.3 – 49 km W of Miran Shah, Pakistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
2. "Afghanistan hit with aftershock, adding to significant earthquake death toll". CBC News. Associated Press. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
3. Hussain, Sajjad (23 June 2022). "Afghanistan earthquake kills 30 Pakistani tribal people". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
4. "M 5.2 – 79 km N of Bela, Pakistan". United States Geological Survey. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
5. "M 5.1 – 68 km NW of Skardu, Pakistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
6. "M 5.2 – 60 km SE of Gilgit, Pakistan". United States Geological Survey.
7. "M 4.6 – 9 km ESE of Harnai, Pakistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
8. "M 3.6 – 4 km SW of Jhelum, Pakistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
9. "Earthquake tremors felt again in POK, one dead, 10 injured". newstracklive. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
10. "M 5.6 – 3 km S of New Mirpur, Pakistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
11. "M 4.7 – 11 km NW of Bela, Pakistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
12. "Tote nach Erdbeben im Süden von Pakistan" (in German). 31 January 2018.
13. "M 5.2 – 14 km SSW of Haripur, Pakistan". United States Geological Survey. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
14. NGDC 1972
15. Satyabala, S. P.; Yang, Zhaohui; Bilham, R. (2012), "Stick–slip advance of the Kohat Plateau in Pakistan" , Nature Geoscience, 5 (2): 147–150, Bibcode:2012NatGe...5..147S, doi:10.1038/ngeo1373, S2CID   92989973
16. "Earthquakes in Pakistan since 1950". Worlddata.info. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
17. "Earthquakes in Pakistan since 1950". Worlddata.info. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
18. Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979 , p. 792
19. Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979 , p. 807
20. Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979 , p. 806
21. Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979 , p. 805

Sources

• NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K, archived from the original on 29 September 2006
• Quittmeyer, R. C.; Jacob, K. H. (1979), "Historical and modern seismicity of Pakistan, Afghanistan, northwestern India, and southeastern Iran", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 69 (3): 773–823

Further reading

• Kazmi, Ali Hamza (2006), "Active Faults and Earthquake Hazard in Pakistan", Pakistan Horizon, 59 (4): 13–20, JSTOR   43615504

External links

• Northern Pakistan 1974 December 28 12:11:43 UTC Magnitude 6.2 USGS accessed Jan 2009