Earthquake — Pakistan: Muzaffarabad, Uri, Anantnag, Baramula

When

8 Oct 2005

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.6

Where

Pakistan

Coordinates

34.45° N, 73.65° E

Deaths

76213

Injuries

146599

Damage musd

6680

Intensity mmi

8

Depth km

15

Earthquake in South Asia

On 8 October 2005, at 08:50:39 PKT, a Mw 7.6 earthquake struck the Azad Kashmir region in northern Pakistan. Its epicenter was located in the tehsil of Patikka, near the city of Muzaffarabad. It caused catastrophic damage and tens of thousands of fatalities across Azad Kashmir and northwestern Jammu and Kashmir, India.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 7.6 Kashmir earthquake strikes Azad Kashmir, Pakistan and nearby areas with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2005 Keşmir depremi: 7.6 Mw Keşmir depremi, Azad Keşmir, Pakistan ve çevresinde etkili oldu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 7,6 nordöstlich von Islamabad (Pakistan) richtet schwere Verwüstungen an”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 7,6 sacude Cachemira dejando un saldo de 87.351 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “パキスタンで大地震が発生し、死者が7万人を越えた。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page