List of earthquakes in Pakistan

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.

Earthquakes in Pakistan
Earthquake zones of Pakistan.
(<6.0 in green, 6.0–6.9 in blue, 7.0–7.9 in orange, 8.0+ in red)
Largest8.1 Mw 1945 Balochistan earthquake

Geology
Main article: Geology of Pakistan

Pakistan geologically overlaps both the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. Balochistan, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces lie on the southern edge of the Eurasian Plate on the Iranian Plateau. Sindh, Punjab and Azad Jammu & Kashmir provinces lie on the north-western edge of the Indian plate in South Asia. Hence this region is prone to violent earthquakes, as the two tectonic plates collide.

Earthquakes
Date Locality, district, or province Mag. MMI Deaths Injuries Notes
2021-10-07 Harnai, Balochistan 5.9 Mw VII 27 300 Severe damage [1]
2019-09-24 New Mirpur, Azad Kashmir 5.6 Mw VII 40 852 Severe [2]
2018-01-30 Badakhshan 6.1 Mw 1 9-11
2015-12-25 Gilgit-Baltistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa		 6.3 Mw V 4 100
2015-10-26 Badakhshan 7.5 Mw VII 399 2,536
2015-07-24 Islamabad 5.1 Mw V 3
2014-05-08 Sindh 4.5 Mw 2 50
2013-09-28 Awaran District, Balochistan 6.8 Mw VII 22 Aftershock.
2013-09-24 Awaran District, Balochistan 7.7 Mw VII 825 700
2013-04-16 Balochistan 7.7 Mw IX 34 105
2011-01-18 Dalbandin, Balochistan 7.2 Mw VI 3 some
2008-10-29 Ziarat District, Balochistan 6.4 Mw 215 200
2005-10-08 Azad Kashmir, Balakot 7.6 Mw VIII 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.
1997-02-27 Balochistan 7.0 Mw VIII 57
1992-05-20 Kohat Division, North West Frontier 6.0 Mw 36 100 Moderate NGDC [3]
1983-12-31 Gilgit-Baltistan 7.2 Mw VII 12–26 60–483 Severe NGDC
1981-12-09 Gilgit-Baltistan 5.9 Mw 220 [4]
1974-12-28 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 6.2 Mw 5,300 17,000
1972-09-03 Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 6.2 Mw VIII 100 [5]
1945-11-28 Makran Coast, British Baluchistan 8.1 Mw X 300–400 Tsunami
1935-05-31 Ali Jaan, Balochistan 7.7 X 30,000–60,000
1931-08-27 Mach, Balochistan 7.4 [6]
1931-08-24 Sharigh Valley, Balochistan 7 [6]
1909-10-21 Sibi, Balochistan 7 100 [6]
1892-12-20 Qilla Abdullah, Balochistan 6.8 Chaman Fault [7]
1865-01-22 Peshawar 6 [7]
1852-01-24 Kahan, Balochistan 8 [8]
1827-09-24 Lahore, Punjab 7.8 1,000 [8]
1819-06-16 Allahbund, Sindh 7.7–8.2 Mw XI >1,543 Tsunami
1668-05-02 Shahbandar, Sindh 7.6 50,000 [9]
1555-09-?? Kashmir 7.6–8.0 Mw  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 described are also applicable to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

See also

References
  1. earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000fshe/executive. Retrieved 7 October 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "M 5.6 - 3km S of New Mirpur, Pakistan". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. Satyabala, S. P.; Yang, Zhaohui; Bilham, R. (2012), "Stick–slip advance of the Kohat Plateau in Pakistan", Nature Geoscience, Nature Publishing Group, 5 (2): 147–150, Bibcode:2012NatGe...5..147S, doi:10.1038/ngeo1373
  4. "Earthquakes in Pakistan since 1950". Worlddata.info. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  5. "Earthquakes in Pakistan since 1950". Worlddata.info. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  6. Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979, p. 792
  7. Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979, p. 807
  8. Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979, p. 806
  9. Quittmeyer & Jacob 1979, p. 805

Sources

Further reading
  • Kazmi, Ali Hamza (2006), "Active Faults and Earthquake Hazard in Pakistan", Pakistan Horizon, 59 (4): 13–20, JSTOR 43615504
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