| Earthquakes in Pakistan | |
| Label1: | Largest |
| Data1: | 8.1 Mw 1945 Balochistan earthquake |
| Label2: | Deadliest |
| Data2: | 7.6 Mw 2005 Kashmir earthquake |
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.
See 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.
| Date | Locality, district, or province | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-21 | Badakhshan, Afghanistan | 6.5 | V | 20 | 302 | Severe damage, ten killed in Afghanistan. Damage to buildings also in India and Tajikistan | - | ||
| 2022-06-24 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 4.2 | VII | Five killed in Afghanistan | [1] [2] | ||||
| 2022-06-21 | Khost Province, Afghanistan | 6.0 | VIII | 13 | 27 | Heavy damage. Over 1,100 killed in Afghanistan. | [3] | ||
| 2022-05-06 | Khuzdar, Balochistan | 5.2 | VI | 1 | Moderate damage | [4] | |||
| 2022-03-16 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 5.1 | VII | 1 | 9 | Minor damage | [5] | ||
| 2021-12-27 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 5.2 | V | 9 | Severe damage | [6] | |||
| 2021-10-07 | Harnai, Balochistan | 5.9 Mw | VII | 42 | 300 | Severe damage | [7] | ||
| 2019-10-06 | 3.6 Mw | IV | 1 | 10 | Casualties due to a house collapse | [8] [9] | |||
| 2019-09-24 | 5.6 Mw | VII | 40 | 852 | Severe | [10] | |||
| 2018-01-31 | 4.7 Mw | V | 1 | 9 | [11] [12] | ||||
| 2018-01-30 | 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 | 5.1 Mw | V | 3 | ||||||
| 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 | IX | 825 | 700 | ||||
| 2013-04-16 | 7.7 Mw | VIII | 34 | 105 | |||||
| 2011-01-18 | Dalbandin, Balochistan | 7.2 Mw | VII | 3 | some | ||||
| 2010-10-10 | Haripur, Northwest Frontier Province | 5.2 | V | 1 | 15 | Moderate damage | [13] | ||
| 2008-10-29 | Ziarat District, Balochistan | 6.4 Mw | 215 | 200 | |||||
| 2005-10-08 | Azad Kashmir, Balakot | 7.6 Mw | 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 Mw | VIII | 24 | 63 | ||||
| 2002-11-02 | Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 5.4 Mw 6.3 Mw | VIII | 41 | 168 | Doublet | |||
| 1997-02-27 | 7.0 Mw | VIII | 57 | ||||||
| 1992-05-20 | Kohat Division, North West Frontier | 6.0 Mw | VII | 36 | 100 | Moderate | |||
| 1983-12-31 | Gilgit-Baltistan | 7.2 Mw | VII | 12–26 | 60–483 | Severe | |||
| 1981-12-09 | 5.9 Mw | 220 | [14] | ||||||
| 1974-12-28 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 6.2 Mw | 5,300 | 17,000 | |||||
| 1972-09-03 | Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 6.2 Mw | VIII | 100 | [15] | ||||
| 1945-11-28 | Makran Coast, British Baluchistan | 8.1 Mw | X | 4000 | Tsunami | ||||
| 1935-05-31 | Ali Jaan, Balochistan | 7.7 | X | 30,000–60,000 | |||||
| 1931-08-27 | Mach, Balochistan | 7.4 | |||||||
| 1931-08-24 | Sharigh Valley, Balochistan | 7 | |||||||
| 1909-10-21 | Sibi, Balochistan | 7 | 100 | ||||||
| 1892-12-20 | Qilla Abdullah, Balochistan | 6.8 | Chaman Fault | ||||||
| 1885-05-30 | Srinagar, Kashmir | 6.3–6.8 | VIII | 3,000 | |||||
| 1865-01-22 | Peshawar | 6 | |||||||
| 1852-01-24 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1827-09-24 | Lahore, Punjab | 7.8 | 1,000 | ||||||
| Allahbund, Sindh | 7.7–8.2 Mw | XI | >1,543 | Tsunami | |||||
| 1668-05-02 | Shahbandar, Sindh | 7.6 | 50,000 | ||||||
| Kashmir | 7.6–8.0 | 600–60,000 | |||||||
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