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.
 Earthquake zones of Pakistan. (<6.0 in green, 6.0–6.9 in blue, 7.0–7.9 in orange, 8.0+ in red) | |
| Largest | 8.1 Mw 1945 Balochistan earthquake |
|---|---|
| Deadliest | 7.6 Mw 2005 Kashmir earthquake |
Geology
Pakistan geologically overlaps both the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. Balochistan, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 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
| Date | 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, Northwest Frontier Province | 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, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 5.5 Mw | VIII | 24 | 63 | |||
| 2002-11-02 | Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 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 | 6.0 Mw | VII | 36 | 100 | Moderate | [14][15] | |
| 1983-12-31 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 7.2 Mw | VII | 12–26 | 60–483 | Severe | [16] | |
| 1981-12-09 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 5.9 Mw | 220 | [17] | ||||
| 1974-12-28 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 6.2 Mw | 5,300 | 17,000 | ||||
| 1972-09-03 | Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 6.2 Mw | VIII | 100 | [18] | |||
| 1945-11-28 | Makran Coast, British Baluchistan | 8.1 Mw | X | 4000 | Tsunami | |||
| 1935-05-31 | Ali Jaan, Balochistan | 7.7 | X | 30,000–60,000 | ||||
| 1931-08-27 | Mach, Balochistan | 7.4 | [19] | |||||
| 1931-08-24 | Sharigh Valley, Balochistan | 7 | [19] | |||||
| 1909-10-21 | Sibi, Balochistan | 7 | 100 | [19] | ||||
| 1892-12-20 | Qilla Abdullah, Balochistan | 6.8 | Chaman Fault | [20] | ||||
| 1885-05-30 | Srinagar, Kashmir | 6.3–6.8 | VIII | 3,000 | ||||
| 1865-01-22 | Peshawar | 6 | [20] | |||||
| 1852-01-24 | Kahan, Balochistan | 8 | [21] | |||||
| 1827-09-24 | Lahore, Punjab | 7.8 | 1,000 | [21] | ||||
| 1819-06-16 | Allahbund, Sindh | 7.7–8.2 Mw | XI | >1,543 | Tsunami | |||
| 1668-05-02 | Shahbandar, Sindh | 7.6 | 50,000 | [22] | ||||
| 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
References
Sources
- NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
- 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
External links
- Northern Pakistan 1974 December 28 12:11:43 UTC Magnitude 6.2 USGS accessed Jan 2009
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