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 | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 893-894[1] | 24°50′N 67°50′E / 24.83°N 67.83°E | 8 | 150,000 | Shahbandar,Sindh | Near Jungshahi(Lower Sindh) | ||
| 1668 May 2 [2] | 24°N 68°E / 24°N 68°E | 7.6 | 50,000 | Shahbandar, Sindh | Near Shahbunder(Lower Sindh) | ||
| 1819 June 16[3] | 23°36′N 69°36′E / 23.6°N 69.6°E | 7.5 | 3,200 | Allahbund, Sindh | Near Pakistan-India border | ||
| 1827 September 24[2] | 31°36′N 74°18′E / 31.6°N 74.3°E | 7.8 | 1,000 | Lahore,[[Punjab | |||
| 1852 January 24[2] | 29°18′N 68°48′E / 29.3°N 68.8°E | 8 | Kahan, Balochistan | ||||
| 1865 January 22[4] | 34°00′N 71°33′E / 34°N 71.55°E | 6 | Peshawar | ||||
| 1883[citation needed] | Jhalawan, Balochistan | ||||||
| 1889[5] | 27°45′N 67°10′E / 27.75°N 67.17°E | 8 | Jhalawan, Balochistan | ||||
| 1892 December 20[6][7] | 30°50′N 66°31′E / 30.83°N 66.52°E | 6.8 | Qilla Abdullah, Balochistan | Chaman Fault | |||
| 1909 October 21 [8] | 29°N 68°E / 29°N 68°E | 7 | 100 | Sibi, Balochistan | between Loralai and Sibi | ||
| 1929 February 1 at 17:14[citation needed] | 36°30′N 70°30′E / 36.5°N 70.5°E | 7 | Sibi, Balochistan | Between Loralai and Sibi | |||
| 1931 August 24[8] | 30°23′N 67°41′E / 30.38°N 67.68°E | 7 | Sharigh Valley, Balochistan | ||||
| 1931 August 27[8] | 29°55′N 67°15′E / 29.91°N 67.25°E | 7.4 | Mach, Balochistan | ||||
| 1935 May 31 at 3:02am | 28°52′0″N 66°23′0″E / 28.866667°N 66.383333°E | 7.7 | 30,000 - 60,000 | Ali Jaan, Balochistan | 1935 Balochistan earthquake | ||
| 1945 November, 28th at 05:26 PST | 97.6 km SSW of Pasni City | 7.8 | 4,000 | tsunami | Balochistan | 1945 Balochistan earthquake | |
| 1974, December 28, at 12:11 UTC | 35°06′N 72°54′E / 35.1°N 72.9°E | 6.2 | 5,300 | 17,000 injured | Hunza, Hazara and Swat districts; North-West Frontier Province | 1974 Hunza earthquake | |
| 2005 October 8 at 08:50:38 | 34°29′35″N 73°37′44″E / 34.49306°N 73.62889°E | 7.6 or 7.8 | 80,000 | 3.5 million people homeless | Muzaffarabad District, Azad State of Jammu and Kashmir & North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan | 2005 Kashmir earthquake | |
| 2008 October 29 at 04:09 | 30°39′11″N 67°19′23″E / 30.65306°N 67.32306°E | 6.4 | 215 | 120,000 homeless | Ziarat District, Quetta | 2008 Pakistan earthquake |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Quittmeyer, R. C. and Jacob, K. H.(1979) "Historical and modern seismicity of Pakistan, Afghanistan, northwestern India, and southeastern Iran" Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 69: pp. 773–823, p.805, Appendix 3, citing Oldham, T. (1882) '"A catalogue of Indian earthquakes from the earliest time to the end of A.D. 1869" Memoirs of Geological Survey of India 19: pp. 163-215
- ^ a b c Quittmeyer, R. C. and Jacob, K. H.(1979) "Historical and modern seismicity of Pakistan, Afghanistan, northwestern India, and southeastern Iran" Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 69: pp. 773–823, p.805-806, Appendix 3, citing Oldham, T. (1882) '"A catalogue of Indian earthquakes from the earliest time to the end of A.D. 1869" Memoirs of Geological Survey of India 19: pp. 163-215; and Milne, J. (1912) "Catalogue of destructive earthquakes" British Assoc. Adv. Sci. Report of the Portsmouth Meeting, 1911 Appendix I, pp. 649-740.
- ^ Oldham, R. (1926) "The Cutch (Kachh) earthquake of 16th June 1819 with a revision of the great earthquake of 12th June 1897" Memoirs of Geological Survey of India 46: pp. 1-77
- ^ Quittmeyer, R. C. and Jacob, K. H.(1979) "Historical and modern seismicity of Pakistan, Afghanistan, northwestern India, and southeastern Iran" Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 69: pp. 773–823, p.807, Appendix 3, citing Oldham, T. (1882) '"A catalogue of Indian earthquakes from the earliest time to the end of A.D. 1869" Memoirs of Geological Survey of India 19: pp. 163-215; and Ambraseys, N.; Lensen, G. and Moinfar, A. (1975) The Pattan earthquake of 28 December 1974 UNESCO, Paris {Serial No. FMR/SC/GEO/75/134), 41 pp.
- ^ Quittmeyer, R. C. and Jacob, K. H.(1979) "Historical and modern seismicity of Pakistan, Afghanistan, northwestern India, and southeastern Iran" Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 69: pp. 773–823, p.807, Appendix 3, citing West, W. D. (1934) "The Baluchistan earthquakes of August 25th and 27th, 1931" Memoirs of Geological Survey of India 67: pp. 1-82; and West, W. D. (1935) "Preliminary geological report on the Baluchistan (Quetta) earthquake of May 31st, 1935" Records Geological Survey of India 69: pp. 203-240.
- ^ Quittmeyer, R. C. and Jacob, K. H.(1979) "Historical and modern seismicity of Pakistan, Afghanistan, northwestern India, and southeastern Iran" Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 69: pp. 773–823, p.791
- ^ Lawrence , R. D.; Khan, S. Hasan and Nakata, T. (1992) "Chaman fault, Pakistan-Afghanistan" In Bucknam, R. C. and Hancock, P. L. (eds.) (1992) Major active faults of the world—Results of IGCP project 206 Annales Tectonicae 6(supplement): pp. 196–223
- ^ a b c Quittmeyer, R. C. and Jacob, K. H. (1979) "Historical and modern seismicity of Pakistan, Afghanistan, northwestern India, and southeastern Iran" Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 69: pp. 773–823, p.792
[edit] 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
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