List of earthquakes in Pakistan
Updated: Wikipedia source
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.
Infobox
Largest
'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000004-QINU`"'Mw8.1 1945 Balochistan earthquake
Deadliest
Mw7.6 2005 Kashmir earthquake
Tables
· Earthquakes
2023-03-21
2023-03-21
00Date00
2023-03-21
Locality, district, or province
Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Mag.
6.5 Mw
MMI
V
Deaths
20
Injuries
302
Notes
Severe damage, ten killed in Afghanistan. Damage to buildings also in India and Tajikistan
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2022-06-24
2022-06-24
00Date00
2022-06-24
Locality, district, or province
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mag.
4.2 Mw
MMI
VII
Notes
Five killed in Afghanistan
2022-06-21
2022-06-21
00Date00
2022-06-21
Locality, district, or province
Khost Province, Afghanistan
Mag.
6.0 Mw
MMI
VIII
Deaths
13
Injuries
27
Notes
Heavy damage. Over 1,100 killed in Afghanistan.
2022-05-06
2022-05-06
00Date00
2022-05-06
Locality, district, or province
Khuzdar, Balochistan
Mag.
5.2 Mw
MMI
VI
Injuries
1
Notes
Moderate damage
2022-03-16
2022-03-16
00Date00
2022-03-16
Locality, district, or province
Gilgit-Baltistan
Mag.
5.1 Mw
MMI
VII
Deaths
1
Injuries
9
Notes
Minor damage
2021-12-27
2021-12-27
00Date00
2021-12-27
Locality, district, or province
Gilgit-Baltistan
Mag.
5.2 Mw
MMI
V
Injuries
9
Notes
Severe damage
2021-10-07
2021-10-07
00Date00
2021-10-07
Locality, district, or province
Harnai, Balochistan
Mag.
5.9 Mw
MMI
VII
Deaths
42
Injuries
300
Notes
Severe damage
2019-10-06
2019-10-06
00Date00
2019-10-06
Locality, district, or province
New Mirpur, Azad Kashmir
Mag.
3.6 Mw
MMI
IV
Deaths
1
Injuries
10
Notes
Casualties due to a house collapse
2019-09-24
2019-09-24
00Date00
2019-09-24
Locality, district, or province
New Mirpur, Azad Kashmir
Mag.
5.6 Mw
MMI
VII
Deaths
40
Injuries
852
Notes
Severe
2018-01-31
2018-01-31
00Date00
2018-01-31
Locality, district, or province
Lasbela, Balochistan
Mag.
4.7 Mw
MMI
V
Deaths
1
Injuries
9
2018-01-30
2018-01-30
00Date00
2018-01-30
Locality, district, or province
Badakhshan
Mag.
6.1 Mw
Deaths
1
Injuries
9–11
2015-12-25
2015-12-25
00Date00
2015-12-25
Locality, district, or province
Gilgit-BaltistanKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mag.
6.3 Mw
MMI
V
Deaths
4
Injuries
100
2015-10-26
2015-10-26
00Date00
2015-10-26
Locality, district, or province
Badakhshan
Mag.
7.5 Mw
MMI
VII
Deaths
399
Injuries
2,536
2015-07-24
2015-07-24
00Date00
2015-07-24
Locality, district, or province
Islamabad
Mag.
5.1 Mw
MMI
V
Deaths
3
2014-05-08
2014-05-08
00Date00
2014-05-08
Locality, district, or province
Sindh
Mag.
4.5 Mw
Deaths
2
Injuries
50
2013-09-28
2013-09-28
00Date00
2013-09-28
Locality, district, or province
Awaran District, Balochistan
Mag.
6.8 Mw
MMI
VII
Deaths
22
Notes
Aftershock.
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
00Date00
2013-09-24
Locality, district, or province
Awaran District, Balochistan
Mag.
7.7 Mw
MMI
IX
Deaths
825
Injuries
700
2013-04-16
2013-04-16
00Date00
2013-04-16
Locality, district, or province
Balochistan
Mag.
7.7 Mw
MMI
VIII
Deaths
34
Injuries
105
2011-01-18
2011-01-18
00Date00
2011-01-18
Locality, district, or province
Dalbandin, Balochistan
Mag.
7.2 Mw
MMI
VII
Deaths
3
Injuries
some
2010-10-10
2010-10-10
00Date00
2010-10-10
Locality, district, or province
Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mag.
5.2 Mw
MMI
V
Deaths
1
Injuries
15
Notes
Moderate damage
2008-10-29
2008-10-29
00Date00
2008-10-29
Locality, district, or province
Ziarat District, Balochistan
Mag.
6.4 Mw
Deaths
215
Injuries
200
2005-10-08
2005-10-08
00Date00
2005-10-08
Locality, district, or province
Azad Kashmir, Balakot
Mag.
7.6 Mw
MMI
XI
Deaths
86,000–87,351
Injuries
69,000–75,266
Notes
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
2004-02-14
00Date00
2004-02-14
Locality, district, or province
Battagram,North-West Frontier Province
Mag.
5.5 Mw
MMI
VIII
Deaths
24
Injuries
63
2002-11-02
2002-11-02
00Date00
2002-11-02
Locality, district, or province
Battagram,North-West Frontier Province
Mag.
5.4 Mw 6.3 Mw
MMI
VIII
Deaths
41
Injuries
168
Notes
Doublet
1997-02-27
1997-02-27
00Date00
1997-02-27
Locality, district, or province
Balochistan
Mag.
7.0 Mw
MMI
VIII
Deaths
57
1992-05-20
1992-05-20
00Date00
1992-05-20
Locality, district, or province
Kohat Division, North-West Frontier Province
Mag.
6.0 Mw
MMI
VII
Deaths
36
Injuries
100
Notes
Moderate
1983-12-31
1983-12-31
00Date00
1983-12-31
Locality, district, or province
Gilgit-Baltistan
Mag.
7.2 Mw
MMI
VII
Deaths
12–26
Injuries
60–483
Notes
Severe
1981-12-09
1981-12-09
00Date00
1981-12-09
Locality, district, or province
Gilgit-Baltistan
Mag.
5.9 Mw
Deaths
220
1974-12-28
1974-12-28
00Date00
1974-12-28
Locality, district, or province
North-West Frontier Province
Mag.
6.2 Mw
Deaths
5,300
Injuries
17,000
1972-09-03
1972-09-03
00Date00
1972-09-03
Locality, district, or province
Peshawar,North-West Frontier Province
Mag.
6.2 Mw
MMI
VIII
Deaths
100
1945-11-28
1945-11-28
00Date00
1945-11-28
Locality, district, or province
Makran Coast,British Baluchistan
Mag.
8.1 Mw
MMI
X
Deaths
4000
Notes
Tsunami
1935-05-31
1935-05-31
00Date00
1935-05-31
Locality, district, or province
Ali Jaan, Balochistan
Mag.
7.7 Mw
MMI
X
Deaths
30,000–60,000
1931-08-27
1931-08-27
00Date00
1931-08-27
Locality, district, or province
Mach, Balochistan
Mag.
7.4 Mw
1931-08-24
1931-08-24
00Date00
1931-08-24
Locality, district, or province
Sharigh Valley, Balochistan
Mag.
7 Mw
1909-10-21
1909-10-21
00Date00
1909-10-21
Locality, district, or province
Sibi, Balochistan
Mag.
7 Mw
Deaths
100
1892-12-20
1892-12-20
00Date00
1892-12-20
Locality, district, or province
Qilla Abdullah, Balochistan
Mag.
6.8 Mw
Notes
Chaman Fault
1885-05-30
1885-05-30
00Date00
1885-05-30
Locality, district, or province
Srinagar, Kashmir
Mag.
6.3–6.8 Mw
MMI
VIII
Deaths
3,000
1865-01-22
1865-01-22
00Date00
1865-01-22
Locality, district, or province
Peshawar,North-West Frontier Province
Mag.
6 Mw
1852-01-24
1852-01-24
00Date00
1852-01-24
Locality, district, or province
Kahan, Balochistan
Mag.
8 Mw
1827-09-24
1827-09-24
00Date00
1827-09-24
Locality, district, or province
Lahore, Punjab
Mag.
7.8 Mw
Deaths
1,000
1819-06-16
1819-06-16
00Date00
1819-06-16
Locality, district, or province
Allahbund, Sindh
Mag.
7.7–8.2 Mw
MMI
XI
Deaths
>1,543
Notes
Tsunami
1668-05-02
1668-05-02
00Date00
1668-05-02
Locality, district, or province
Shahbandar, Sindh
Mag.
7.6 Mw
Deaths
50,000
1555-09-??
1555-09-??
00Date00
1555-09-??
Locality, district, or province
Kashmir
Mag.
7.6–8.0 Mw
Deaths
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.
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.
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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.
| 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 | ||||
| 2022-06-21 | Khost Province, Afghanistan | 6.0 Mw | VIII | 13 | 27 | Heavy damage. Over 1,100 killed in Afghanistan. | ||
| 2022-05-06 | Khuzdar, Balochistan | 5.2 Mw | VI | 1 | Moderate damage | |||
| 2022-03-16 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 5.1 Mw | VII | 1 | 9 | Minor damage | ||
| 2021-12-27 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 5.2 Mw | V | 9 | Severe damage | |||
| 2021-10-07 | Harnai, Balochistan | 5.9 Mw | VII | 42 | 300 | Severe damage | ||
| 2019-10-06 | New Mirpur, Azad Kashmir | 3.6 Mw | IV | 1 | 10 | Casualties due to a house collapse | ||
| 2019-09-24 | New Mirpur, Azad Kashmir | 5.6 Mw | VII | 40 | 852 | Severe | ||
| 2018-01-31 | Lasbela, Balochistan | 4.7 Mw | V | 1 | 9 | |||
| 2018-01-30 | Badakhshan | 6.1 Mw | 1 | 9–11 | ||||
| 2015-12-25 | Gilgit-BaltistanKhyber 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1983-12-31 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 7.2 Mw | VII | 12–26 | 60–483 | Severe | ||
| 1981-12-09 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 5.9 Mw | 220 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 1931-08-24 | Sharigh Valley, Balochistan | 7 Mw | ||||||
| 1909-10-21 | Sibi, Balochistan | 7 Mw | 100 | |||||
| 1892-12-20 | Qilla Abdullah, Balochistan | 6.8 Mw | Chaman Fault | |||||
| 1885-05-30 | Srinagar, Kashmir | 6.3–6.8 Mw | VIII | 3,000 | ||||
| 1865-01-22 | Peshawar,North-West Frontier Province | 6 Mw | ||||||
| 1852-01-24 | Kahan, Balochistan | 8 Mw | ||||||
| 1827-09-24 | Lahore, Punjab | 7.8 Mw | 1,000 | |||||
| 1819-06-16 | Allahbund, Sindh | 7.7–8.2 Mw | XI | >1,543 | Tsunami | |||
| 1668-05-02 | Shahbandar, Sindh | 7.6 Mw | 50,000 | |||||
| 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. | ||||||||
References
- "M 4.3 – 49 km W of Miran Shah, Pakistan"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000hjt5/executive
- "Afghanistan hit with aftershock, adding to significant earthquake death toll"https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-earthquake-aftershock-1.6500024
- The Telegraphhttps://www.telegraphindia.com/world/afghanistan-earthquake-kills-30-pakistani-tribal-people/cid/1871410
- "M 5.2 – 79 km N of Bela, Pakistan"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000h7gi/executive
- "M 5.1 – 68 km NW of Skardu, Pakistan"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000h50x/executive
- "M 5.2 – 60 km SE of Gilgit, Pakistan"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000gflv/executive
- "M 4.6 – 9 km ESE of Harnai, Pakistan"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000fshe/executive
- "M 3.6 – 4 km SW of Jhelum, Pakistan"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us70005xep/executive
- "M 5.6 – 3 km S of New Mirpur, Pakistan"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us60005mqp/executive
- "M 4.7 – 11 km NW of Bela, Pakistan"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000crm3/executive
- "Tote nach Erdbeben im Süden von Pakistan"https://erdbebennews.de/2018/01/tote-nach-erdbeben-im-sueden-von-pakistan/
- "M 5.2 – 14 km SSW of Haripur, Pakistan"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000hmyg/executive
- NGDC 1972
- Nature Geosciencehttps://phys.org/news/2012-01-earthquake-pakistan-due-rare-horizontal.html
- Worlddata.infohttps://www.worlddata.info/asia/pakistan/earthquakes.php
- Worlddata.infohttps://www.worlddata.info/asia/pakistan/earthquakes.php
- Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979, p. 792
- Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979, p. 807
- Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979, p. 806
- Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979, p. 805