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India, Pakistan & Afghanistan

EARTHQUAKES IN INDIA, PAKISTAN, TIBET, and AFGHANISTAN

Pakistan 08 October 2005

Time: 0350 GMT ( 08:50 hrs Local Time)

Location : 34.43 North, 73.74 East , Magnitude 7.6

Probable death toll of over 80,000

Below - locality map from USGS

Some major earthquakes in India-Pakistan- Afghanistan in last 100 years

DATELATLONGMAGLOCATIONDEATHS
12 Jun 189726.091.08.7Assam, India3,000?
4 Apr 190533.076.08.6Kangra, India19,000
15 Jan 193426.686.88.1Bihar (India) & Nepal10,700
30 May 193529.666.57.5Quetta, Pakistan30-60,000
15 Aug 195028.796.68.6Tibet & Assam (India)1,530
28 Dec 197435.072.86.2Pakistan5,300
04 Feb 198837.170.16.1Afghanistan2,323
30 May 198837.170.16.9Afghanistan4,000
20 Aug 198826.886.66.6India-Nepal border1,450
19 Oct 199130.878.87.0northern India2,000
29 Sep 199318.176.56.2Latur-Killari9,750
26 Jan 200123.370.37.7Gujarat, India20,000
25 Mar 200235.969.26.1Afghanistan1,000
08 Oct 200534.4373.547.6Northern Pakistan87,000?

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Almost all the major events of this region occur at the collision zone of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate. The earthquakes in India in 1993 and 2001 however are intra-plate earthquakes, and are exceptions to this rule.

Map of major events in India-Pakistan-Tibet-Afghanistan since 1900

Below - earthquakes in Pakistan & surrounding region Oct 2004 - Oct 2005 (map from IRIS website)
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