List of earthquakes in Pakistan
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List of earthquakes in Pakistan
| Date, Time | Latitude/Longitude | Magnitude | Deaths | Injuries and Destruction | District/Province | Article/Description | |
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| 893-894 | 24.83°N 67.83°E | 8 | 150,000 | Shahbandar Shahbandar Shah Bandar or Shahbandar or Shahbunder or Shahbundar or Shāhbandar) is located in Thatta District, Sindh, Pakistan.- History :Shah Bandar was a prominent trading port of Sindh during the Soomra and Kalhora dynasties... , Sindh Sindh Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can... |
Near Jungshahi Jungshahi Jungshahi is a town of Thatta District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It lies to the west of Karachi at 24°51'26N 67°46'21E and is a Union Council of Thatta tehsil... (Lower Sindh) |
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| 1668 May 2 | 24°N 68°E | 7.6 | 50,000 | Shahbandar, Sindh | Near Shahbunder(Lower Sindh) | ||
| 1819 June 16 | 23°36′N 69°36′E | 7.5 | 3,200 | Allahbund Allahbund Allah Bund is a fault running through Gujarat. Experts at the Indian Meteorological Department believe the 2001 Bhuj Earthquake is a reawakening of the Allah Bund fault.... , Sindh |
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| 1827 September 24 | 31°36′N 74°18′E | 7.8 | 1,000 | Lahore Lahore Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a... , Punjab |
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| 1852 January 24 | 29°18′N 68°48′E | 8 | Kahan Kahan Kahan is located in Kohlu District of Balochistan, Pakistan. Kahan is famous for being the native village of Nawab Khair Baksh Marri, the Nawab of Kohlu Agency... , Balochistan Balochistan (Pakistan) Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of... |
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| 1865 January 22 | 34°N 71.55°E | 6 | Peshawar Peshawar Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.... |
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| 1883 | Jhalawan Jhalawan Jhalawan was established in the 17th century and its boundary was fixed with Sindh in 1853. The country was south of Kalat State, north of the Sarawan, west of the Kachi and Sindh and east of the Kharan and Makran. Jhalawan has important valleys of Baluchistan, such as Kalat, Gidar, Baghwana,... , Balochistan |
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| 1889 | 27.75°N 67.17°E | 8 | Jhalawan, Balochistan | ||||
| 1892 December 20 | 30.83°N 66.52°E | 6.8 | Qilla Abdullah Qilla Abdullah District Killa Abdullah or Qilla Abdullah or Abdullah Qilla is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Over 99% of the people of the area are Muslims. The population of Qilla Abdullah District was estimated to be over 400,000 in 2005, the vast majority being Pakhtuns.Killa... , Balochistan |
Chaman Fault Chaman Fault The Chaman Fault is a major, active geological fault in Pakistan and Afghanistan that runs for over 850 km. Tectonically, it is actually a system of related geologic faults that separates the Eurasian Plate from the Indo-Australian Plate. It is a terrestrial, primarily transform, left-lateral... |
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| 1909 October 21 | 29°N 68°E | 7 | 100 | Sibi Sibi Sibi is a city of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The city is located at 29°33'0N 67°52'60E at an altitude of 130 metres and is headquarters of the district and tehsil of the same name.. According to the 2001 census of Pakistan the population of Sibi is 52,100... , Balochistan |
between Loralai Loralai Loralai is the principal city of Loralai District in the northeast of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. It was formerly known as Bori. It is four thousand seven hundred feet above the sea level.... and Sibi Sibi Sibi is a city of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The city is located at 29°33'0N 67°52'60E at an altitude of 130 metres and is headquarters of the district and tehsil of the same name.. According to the 2001 census of Pakistan the population of Sibi is 52,100... |
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| 1929 February 1 at 17:14 | 36°30′N 70°30′E | 7 | Sibi, Balochistan | Between Loralai Loralai Loralai is the principal city of Loralai District in the northeast of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. It was formerly known as Bori. It is four thousand seven hundred feet above the sea level.... and Sibi Sibi Sibi is a city of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The city is located at 29°33'0N 67°52'60E at an altitude of 130 metres and is headquarters of the district and tehsil of the same name.. According to the 2001 census of Pakistan the population of Sibi is 52,100... |
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| 1931 August 24 | 30.38°N 67.68°E | 7 | Sharigh Valley, Balochistan | | | |||
| 1931 August 27 | 29.91°N 67.25°E | 7.4 | Mach, Balochistan | | | |||
| 1935 May 31 at 3:02am | 28°52′0"N 66°23′0"E | 7.7 | 30,000 - 60,000 | Ali Jaan Ali Jaan Ali Jaan is town in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, it is located at . It was near to the epicentre of the 1935 Balochistan Earthquake that struck on 31st May 1935.... , Balochistan |
1935 Balochistan earthquake 1935 Balochistan earthquake The 1935 Balochistan Earthquake occurred on May 31, 1935 at 3:02am at Quetta, Balochistan, British India . The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 Mw and anywhere between 30,000 and 60,000 people died from the impact. This ranks as one of the deadliest earthquakes that hit South Asia... |
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| 1945 November, 28th at 05:26 PST PST -Time zones:* Pacific Standard Time, UTC−8:00* Pakistan Standard Time, UTC+5:00* Philippine Standard Time, UTC+8:00-Science and technology:* Lead scandium tantalate, a ceramic material* Post-stall technology, aircraft control system-Places:... |
97.6 km SSW of Pasni City Pasni City Pasni is a medium-sized town and a fishing port in Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan. Its population is around 33.000. It is located on the Makran coast on Arabian Sea about 300 km from Karachi... |
7.8 | 4,000 | tsunami | Balochistan | 1945 Balochistan earthquake 1945 Balochistan earthquake The 1945 Balochistan Earthquake was an earthquake which occurred in British India at 05:26 PST on 28 November 1945 It was recorded with a magnitude of 8.1 on the Richter Scale.... |
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| 1974, December 28, at 12:11 UTC | 35°06′N 72°54′E | 6.2 | 5,300 | 17,000 injured | Hunza Hunza Valley The Hunza Valley is a mountainous valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The Hunza valley is situated to the north of the Hunza River, at an elevation of around . The territory of Hunza is about... , Hazara and Swat Swat (Pakistan) Swat is a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, located close to the Afghan-Pakistan border. It is the upper valley of the Swat River, which rises in the Hindu Kush range. The capital of Swat is Saidu Sharif, but the main town in the Swat valley is Mingora... districts; North-West Frontier Province North-West Frontier Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country... |
1974 Hunza earthquake 1974 Hunza earthquake The 1974 Hunza Earthquake was a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in the rugged and isolated Hunza, Hazara and Swat districts of northern Pakistan at 12:11 UTC on December 28, 1974. The epicentre was located at 35.1 degrees north and 72.9 degrees east. The quake had a shallow focal depth and was followed by... |
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| 2005 October 8 at 08:50:38 | 34°29′35"N 73°37′44"E | 7.6 or 7.8 | 80,000 | 3.5 million people homeless | Muzaffarabad District Muzaffarabad District Muzaffarabad district of Azad Kashmir is located on the banks of the Jhelum and the Neelum rivers, and is very hilly. The district is bounded to Pakistan in the west and to Kupwara and Baramulla districts that comes under the Kashmir section which is part of the greater dispute between India and... , Azad State of Jammu and Kashmir Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir... & North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan |
2005 Kashmir earthquake 2005 Kashmir earthquake The 2005 Kashmir earthquake was a major earthquake centered in Pakistan-administered Kashmir known as Azad Kashmir, near the city of Muzaffarabad, affecting Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It occurred at 08:52:37 Pakistan Standard Time on 8 October 2005... |
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| 2008 October 29 at 04:09 | 30°39′11"N 67°19′23"E | 6.4 | 215 | 120,000 homeless | Ziarat District Ziarat District Ziarat is a district in the north of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Ziarat town is headquarters of the district of the Sub division, and also of the tehsil. Khilafat Hills are the highest peak with an altitude of in Ziarat district... , Quetta Quetta is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the... |
2008 Pakistan earthquake 2008 Pakistan earthquake The 2008 Pakistan earthquake was a magnitude Mw 6.4 earthquake that hit the Pakistani province of Balochistan on October 29, 2008. The US Geological Survey reported that the quake occurred north of Quetta and southeast of the Afghanistan city of Kandahar at 04:09 local time at a depth of , at... |
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| 2011 January 18 at 20:23:17 UTC | 28.827°N 63.974°E | 7.2 | 2011 Pakistan earthquake 2011 Pakistan earthquake The 2011 Pakistan earthquake was a magnitude Mw 7.2 earthquake that had its epicenter 45 kilometers west of Dalbandin in Balochistan. The epicenter is located in a sparsely populated area. The United States Geological Survey reported the earthquake took place on January 18, 2011 at 20:23:17 UTC at... |
External links
- Northern Pakistan 1974 December 28 12:11:43 UTC Magnitude 6.2 USGS accessed Jan 2009
- EARTHQUAKE HISTORY BALAKOT.INFO, accessed Jan 2009
- Large Earthquakes in Pakistan DISASTER RELIEF BY IRISH & PAKISTANIS, accessed Jan 2009