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The earthquake was initially reported inaccurately as M w 7.7. [8] Shaking was felt over an area 1,000 km (620 mi) wide by approximately 285 million people in Pakistan , India , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Afghanistan , and Turkmenistan , according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre .
Lahore, Punjab: 7.8 1,000 [20] 1819-06-16: Allahbund, Sindh 7.7–8.2 M w: XI >1,543 Tsunami 1668-05-02 Shahbandar, Sindh 7.6 50,000 [21] 1555-09-?? Kashmir 7.6–8.0 M w 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 ...
2015 Feb - Provided data backup services to Punjab Heritage Tourism Promotion Board for their rare records. 2015 Feb - Organized an exhibition at Banda Singh Bahadur Memorial at Chhapar Chiri, Mohali 2015 Nov - Helped Punjab Government with the reprinting of Prince Waldemar's lithographs for Progressive Punjab Summit
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by discoveries of Earth's tectonic plates, [1] seismotomography imaging technique, [2] observations using space satellites from outer space, [3] artificial intelligence (AI)-based ...
The earthquake destroyed about 50 percent of the buildings in the city (including most government buildings) and is estimated to have killed up to 80,000 people in the Pakistani-controlled areas. As of 8 October 2005 [update] , the Pakistani government 's official death toll was 87,350, while other estimates have put the death toll at over 100,000.
The archives of all Administrative Departments from the time Punjab was annexed in 1849 are also stored at the Punjab Archives. In addition to this, the archive also houses gazettes and census reports containing important historical data. In total, it is estimated that the Punjab Archives house over 80,000 books and 700,000 official files.
In 2010, almost all of Pakistan was affected when massive flooding, caused by record breaking rains, hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. The number of people affected by the flooding exceeds the combined total affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. [7]
The Centre for Earthquake Studies (CES) (Urdu: دانشگاہ برائے تحقیق و مطالعہِ زلزالیات) is a federally funded research institute and national laboratory dedicated to the advancement in understanding of natural vibration, seismology, and yield-based energy measurement of seismic waves.