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An earthquake occurred at 08:50:39 Pakistan Standard Time on 8 October 2005 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a territory under Pakistan. Its epicenter was 19 km northeast of the city of Muzaffarabad , and 90 km north north-east of Islamabad , the capital city of Pakistan, and also affected nearby Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some areas of Jammu ...
Kashmir Valley, Kashmir: 7.6–8.0 600–60,000 1505-06-06: Saldang, Karnali zone: 8.2–8.8 6,000 Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists.
A U.S. Army soldier gives a young Pakistani Kashmiri girl a drink of water as they are airlifted from Muzaffarabad to Islamabad. The international response to the 2005 Kashmir earthquake was widespread and immediate, as many countries, international organizations and non-governmental organizations offered an abundance of relief aid to the affected regions − particularly Pakistan, which was ...
The quake had a 5.4 magnitude and its epicenter was in Doda, a small town in India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir, according to India’s National Center for Seismology. ... An earthquake struck the ...
Azad Kashmir, Balakot: 7.6 M w: 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, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 5.5 M w: VIII 24 63 2002 ...
Tremors from the earthquake were felt across parts of North India, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and the National Capital Region. [30] [31] Disruptions of electricity and mobile services occurred in some parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
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]
Dar has extensively covered the conflict on Kashmir conflict, the Earthquake in South Asia and its aftermath, and the landmark opening of the bus route between divided Kashmir. He has also covered Afghan War, Afghan Refugees & the Rohingya refugee crisis. [3] He is now working at Associated Press. [2]