Seismicity of Western Australia - 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

Aftershocks of event 8th Oct 2005

region 33 - 36 Deg North, 72 - 75 Deg East, 8 Oct 2005 - 8 Nov 2005 ( source ANSS catalogue)


Main Shock	Magnitude 7.6
Aftershocks Mag >= 6.0	1 event (mag 6.4) 7 hours after main event
events Mag 5.0 - 5.9	42 events

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

DATE	LAT	LONG	MAG	LOCATION	DEATHS
12 Jun 1897	26.0	91.0	8.7	Assam, India	3,000?
4 Apr 1905	33.0	76.0	8.6	Kangra, India	19,000
15 Jan 1934	26.6	86.8	8.1	Bihar (India) & Nepal	10,700
30 May 1935	29.6	66.5	7.5	Quetta, Pakistan	30-60,000
15 Aug 1950	28.7	96.6	8.6	Tibet & Assam (India)	1,530
28 Dec 1974	35.0	72.8	6.2	Pakistan	5,300
04 Feb 1988	37.1	70.1	6.1	Afghanistan	2,323
30 May 1988	37.1	70.1	6.9	Afghanistan	4,000
20 Aug 1988	26.8	86.6	6.6	India-Nepal border	1,450
19 Oct 1991	30.8	78.8	7.0	northern India	2,000
29 Sep 1993	18.1	76.5	6.2	Latur-Killari	9,750
26 Jan 2001	23.3	70.3	7.7	Gujarat, India	20,000
25 Mar 2002	35.9	69.2	6.1	Afghanistan	1,000
08 Oct 2005	34.43	73.54	7.6	Northern Pakistan	87,000?
28 Oct 2008	30.75	67.34	6.4	SW Pakistan	~ 200

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)