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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. As a result, earthquakes in Pakistan occur often and are destructive.
Event Disaster Location Date Affected Death Toll; Earthquake/Tsunami: Makran: 325 BC: 1935 Quetta earthquake: Earthquake: Quetta: May 31, 1935: 60,000 1945 Balochistan earthquake
2013 Saravan earthquake; 2014 Pakistan earthquake; 2016 Afghanistan earthquake; 2016 Kani earthquake; 2019 Kashmir earthquake; A. June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake; B.
Map depicting regional tectonic plates. The region where the earthquake occurred crosses the political borders of Pakistan and India. This area has been prone to earthquakes for centuries, with the earliest recorded quake occurring in 1255 in Kathmandu. [9]
The 2019 Kashmir earthquake struck regions of Pakistan with an epicentre in Azad Kashmir [3] on 24 September at 16:02 local time (11:02 UTC).It had a magnitude of 5.4 M ww and a maximum felt intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale [4] or VIII (Heavily damaging) on the European macroseismic scale. [5]
Earthquake hazard zones of Pakistan. Pakistan geologically overlaps both with the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates where its Sindh and Punjab provinces lie on the north-western 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.
An earthquake struck Pakistan's province of Balochistan near the city of Harnai on 7 October 2021. [2] [3] The moment magnitude 5.9 M ww quake struck in the early morning at 03:01 local time, killing at least 42 people and injuring 300 others. [4] The earthquake occurred just one day before the anniversary of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
The 1934 Nepal–India earthquake or 1934 Bihar–Nepal earthquake was one of the worst earthquakes in India's history. The towns of Munger and Muzaffarpur were completely destroyed. 8.3 June 12, 1897 Shillong Plateau, India see 1897 Assam earthquake: 26°N 91°E 8.3 August 26, 1833 10:58 PM (N.S.T.) Kathmandu, Nepal see 1833 Bihar–Nepal ...