List of earthquakes in Pakistan

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Earthquake hazard zones of Pakistan

Pakistan is situated at the north western side of the Indian subcontinent and overlaps both with the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates. Its Sindh and Punjab provinces lie on the northwestern corner of the Indian plate while Balochistan and most of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa lie within the Eurasian plate which mainly comprises the Iranian plateau, some parts of the Middle East and Central Asia. Therefore, it has a history of earthquakes. The Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir lie mainly in Central Asia along the edge of the Indian plate and hence are prone to violent earthquakes where the two tectonic plates collide.

The following is a list of major earthquakes affecting Pakistan.

Date, Time Latitude/Longitude M Deaths Notes District/Province Title
893-894 [1] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 8 150,000 Shahbandar, Sindh
2 May 1668 [1] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 7.6 50,000 Shahbandar, Sindh
16 June 1819 [2] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 7.5 3,200 Allahbund, Sindh 1819 Rann of Kutch
24 September 1827 [3] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 7.8 1,000 Lahore, Punjab
24 January 1852 [3] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 8 Kahan, Balochistan
22 January 1865 [4] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 6 Peshawar
1883[citation needed] Jhalawan, Balochistan
1889 [4] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 8 Jhalawan, Balochistan
20 December 1892 [4] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 6.8 Chaman Fault Qilla Abdullah, Balochistan
21 October 1909 [5] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 7 100 Sibi, Balochistan
24 August 1931 [5] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 7 Sharigh Valley, Balochistan
27 August 1931 [5] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 7.4 Mach, Balochistan
31 May 1935 at 21:56 UTC Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 7.7 30,000 - 60,000 Ali Jaan, Balochistan 1935 Quetta
28 November 1945 at 05:26 PST [6] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 8.1 4,000 Tsunami Balochistan 1945 Balochistan
28 December 1974, at 12:11 UTC Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 6.2 5,300 17,000 injured Hunza, Hazara and Swat districts; Northwest Frontier Province 1974 Hunza
8 October 2005 at 08:50:38 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 7.6 or 7.8 80,000 3.5 million people homeless Azad Kashmir, Islamabad & North West Frontier Province 2005 Kashmir
29 October 2008 at 04:09 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 6.4 215 120,000 homeless Ziarat District, Quetta 2008 Pakistan
18 January 2011 at 20:23:17 UTC Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 7.2 2011 Pakistan
24 September 2013 at 11:29:47 UTC Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 7.7 825 Awaran District, Balochistan 2013 Balochistan [7]
28 September 2013 at 07:34 UTC Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 6.8 400 Awaran District, Balochistan
8 May 2014 at 22:51:15 UTC [8] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 4.5 50[9] Sindh 2014 Pakistan
26 October 2015 09:09:32.70 UTC [10] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 7.5 363 1,200 Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[11] October 2015 Hindu Kush
25 December 2015 6.3 4 88 Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa December 2015 Hindu Kush

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979, p. 805
  2. ↑ Oldham, R. (1926) "The Cutch (Kachh) earthquake of 16th June 1819 with a revision of the great earthquake of 12th June 1897" Memoirs of Geological Survey of India 46: pp. 1-77
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979, p. 806
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979, p. 807
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979, p. 792
  6. ↑ Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979, p. 795
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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