Dear mouse,
Washington Postreports 30,000 dead in the recent earthquake in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
It’s been almost more than a year that I’ve researched about earthquakes and tsunamis but mainly centered in Indonesia.
The following table shows the history of strongest earthquakes in Pakistan-India, as to the date/year, region, intensity and fatalities.
| Date | Location | Intensity | Fatalities | |||
| 893 – 894 A.D | Debal, Pakistan | 7.5 | 150,000 Casualties | |||
| 2 May 1668 | Shahbunder | 7.6 | No information | |||
| 16 June 1819 | Allahbund, Indo-Pak Border region | 7.5 | 3,200 | |||
| 26 September 1827 | Near Lahore | No information | 1,000 | |||
| 20 October 1909 | Between Loralai and Sibi | 7.0 | 100 | |||
| 1 February 1929 | Between Buner and Hazara | 8.0 | No information | |||
| 25 August 1931 | Sharigh | 7.2 | no information | |||
| 27 August 1931 | Baluchistan | 7.0 | No information | |||
| 27 August 1931 | Quetta, Balochistan | 8.1 | 30,000 | |||
| 27 November 1945 | Makran Coast | 7.9 | 2,000 | |||
| 5 August 1947 | Makran Coast | 7.2 | No information | |||
| 28 December 1974 | Malakhand | 6.2 | 5,000 | |||
| 30 December 1983 | H. Afghanistan | 7.4 | no information | |||
| 29 July 1985 | Hindukush, Afghanistan | 7.4 | no information | |||
| 9 August 1993 | Hindukush, Afghanistan | 7.0 | no information | |||
| 27 February 1997 | - Near Harnai (Baluchistan), Pakistan | 7.3 | 50 | |||
| 26 January 2001 | Near Bhachau (Gujarat), India | 7.6 | 11,500 |
The strongest earthquake recorded in Pakistan after the most devastating earthquake in early centuries was in 1931 when temblor of 8.1 magnitude killed 30,000 people in Quetta, Balochistan.
Since India was a part of Pakistan before they were split into two independent countries, it is not surprising to see that earthquakes affect the region together with Afghanistan.
The most destructive earthquake in India was in 2001 where more than 11,000 died. Earthquake was measured at 7.6.
So after more than half a decade, another earthquake claimed more than 30,000
lives in Pakistan in October, 2005 at an intensity of 7.6.
source of basic data: http://asc-india.org/seismic/pakistan.htm#largest
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God bless Pakistan-earthquake victims …. :cry:
I have a very bad experience with earthquakes. When I was still in grade school, me and my sister got caught in a large tremor inside a movie house. it was a good thing that we were at the balcony. There was a stampede in the orchestra and it was truly devastating.
I hope we never get to experience a catastrophe like what happened in Pakistan.
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god bless anyway…………