HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES

IN & AROUND JAMMU & KASHMIR

Date LOCATION SEISMIC PARAMETERS
D/M/Y DESCRIPTION
Lat. Lon. DEPT M Ms INTENSITY SOURCE
N E H MM
km
Aristobulus of
Cassandria, who
accompanied Alexander
on his expedition to
India, points out that the
country above the river
4th BC IX-X AMB Hydaspes (Jhelum) is
subjected to
earthquakes which
cause the ground to
open up so that even
the beds of river are
changed.
25 AD IX-X Q&J A destructive
earthquake in north-
estern Pakistan laid
Taxila in ruins and
caused wide spread
havoc throughout the
country side. The
effects of this
earthquake can still be
seen among the
excavated remains at
Jandial, Sirkap and
Dharmarajika. As result
of the earthquake new
methods of buildings
introduced, height of
 buildings reduced from
four to two storeys with
special precautions to
make the foundation
secure.
04-06-1669 VI-X Q&J Strongly felt in Mandra
An earthquake at
Attock, a fissure 50
23-06-1669 VIII-IX Q&J
yards long was formed
in the ground.
Caused widespread
devastation in Srinagar
ASC and other parts of the
06-06-1828 14.08 74.83 6.0
India Kashmir Valley. 1,000
people were killed in
this earthquake.
Destructive in Lahore
region. For Kolitaran
near city destroyed,
about 1000 perished in
24-09-1827 VIII-IX Q&J ruins. A hill shaken
down, which fell into
river Rowee (Ravi)
produced an inundation
of 100 eoss of land
Near Lahore violent,
22-01-1832 V-VI people all rushed out of
houses.
Lahore, valley of
Badakhshan, N.W. India
huge masses of rock
Lahore-V-VI was thrown from the
21-02-1832
Mangla-V cliffs at many places
chocking up valleys.
Great part of population
destroyed.
19-02-1842 Kabul-VI-VII Q&J Kabul, Peshawar. At
Peshawar-VI Kabul said to have
Ferozpur-VI lasted for *** minutes,
 several shocks, rocked
the fourth in flightful
manner. At Peshawar
very destructive. “each
trembled like aspen
leaf” several killed.
Severe at Ferozpur. At
Ludhiyana the hot
springs of South (temp
140 ??? deg) become
as cold as the ordinary
wells, water ?????
greatly and at times the
springs were completely
dry. These appearances
continued for 25 days.
Lahore, appears to
04-02-1851 Lahore-V-VI have extended all over
Punjab.
Lahore, appears to
06-02-1851 Lahore-V-VI have extended all over
Punjab.
17-02-1851 Strongly felt in Lahore,
Lahore-V-VI
Multan
29-08-1858
Lahore-VI-V Lahore-sharp shocks
Lahore – tow smart
04-12-1865 Q&J
shocks
Violent shock felt in
Lahore, Dera Ismail
Khan, Attock, followed
12-11-1868 Attock-IV-VI Q&J
by many aftershocks
that were felt throughout
the Punjab.
Severe shock in the
24-03-1869 V-VII Q&J upper reaches of
Jhelum
20-12-1869 VII-VIII Q&J Rawalpindi - Schock
said to have lasted for
 ½ a minute; cracked
walls and caused all
people to run out of
houses.
Attock – A series of
shocks at intervals of
about 20 sec.
Severe at Rawalpindi
03-04-1871 VI Q&J and Murree; originating
from Kashmir
Damaging in villages
between Lahore and
12-12-1875 VII-VIII Q&J Peshawar where a
number of people were
killed.
Damaging earthquake
in the Punjab. At Kohat
several houses, public
buildings and portion of
Peshawar the wall of the fort fell.
VII-VIII At Peshawar, it caused
damage to houses and
02-03-1878 Attock city walls. Damaging at
VI-VII Attock, Abbottabad,
Rawalpindi, Jehlum,
Lahore Murree. Strongly felt at
Bannu, Nowshera,
Mardan, Lahore and
Simla. Many
aftershocks.
30-05-1885 34.60 74.38 7.0 ASC This earthquake is one
of the deadliest shocks
in Kashmir. It was
centred just north of the
Wular Lake. It jolted the
Valley of Kashmir and
along with it Srinagar,
Baramulla and Sopur.
3,200 people are said to
 have been killed in this
earthquake. There were
also unconfirmed
reports of fissures in the
ground as a result of the
quake. The Kamiari
area was totally
destroyed.
Slight damage at
Peshawar, Nowshera,
03-11-1993 VI-VII Q&J felt throughout the
Punjab.

Kangra earthquake, in
Kangra-VIII
Rawalpindi few lofty
04-04-1905 Rawalpindi Q&J
buildings cracked, some
V-VI
damage in Lahore.
Heavy damage in
17-05-1917 34.20 77.50 6.0 ASC
Ladakh
Heavy damage in
11-11-1921 34.20 77.50 6.0 ASC
Ladakh
15-11-1937 35.10 78.10 6.0 ASC
ASC Near Padua, Kathwa
22-06-1945 33.00 75.90 6.0
India District, Border region
Near Padua, Kathwa
10-07-1947 33.00 75.90 6.0 ASC
District, Border region
Near Padua, Kathwa
12-08-1950 33.00 75.90 6.0 ASC
District, Border region
Gilgit Wazarat
12-08-1950 36.20 73.00 6.0 ASC
(Karakoram Mountains)
Chamba-Udhampur
12-09-1951 33.30 76.50 6.0 ASC
District, Border region
Udhampur District
17-06-1962 33.30 76.20 6.0 ASC
(Jammu & Kashmir)
Ladakh (Jammu &
22-06-1965 36.30 77.70 6.1 ASC
Kashmir)
02-02-1966 Abbottabad-VI Strongly felt around
Islamabad-V Abbottabad where it
Taxila-VI caused minor damage
 at Havilian. Felt at
Rawalpindi, Islamabad,
Abbottabad, Taxila. The
shock was felt at
Muzaffarabad and Gujar
Khan.
NE of Malakand,
28-12-1974 35.05 72.87 22 6.2 NEIC
NWFP, Pakistan
Aksai Chin (Indo-China
28-04-1975 35.82 79.92 33 6.3 NEIC
Border region)
About 7 km northeast of
Rawalpindi caused in
20 villages. In villages
Kuri, Malot and Pindi
Begwal around Nilour
most of the “Katcha”
houses either collapsed
14-02-1977 VII NesPak
or damaged. A few
houses built with
dressed blocks of
sandstone and sand-
cement mortar also
developed extensive
cracks.
Atleast 220 people were
killed, 2,500 were
injured in the Gilgit
region. There were also
unconfirmed reports of
12-09-1981 35.69 74.00 33 6.0 HRV
surface faulting. The
shock was felt in
Srinagar (J&K, India)
and in Peshawar and
Rawalpindi (Pakistan).
Xizang (Indo-China
06-07-1986 34.42 80.16 9 6.1 NEIC
Border region)
Gilgit Wazarat
05-03-1990 36.91 73.02 12 6.0 NEIC
(Karakoram Mountains)
25-03-1990 37.03 72.94 33 6.3 NEIC Gilgit Wazarat
 (Karakoram Mountains)
Felt in Hotan, Shule,
19-11-1996 35.34 78.13 33 6.9 GS Wushi and Yecheng
(Xizang), China.
A moderate earthquake
struck southern Jammu
& Kashmir and
adjoining parts of
Himachal Pradesh, on
28-01-2002 33.10 75.99 30.8 4.9 ASC 28 January 2002 at
04:03 AM local time. It
had a magnitude of
Mw=5.3 and felt
strongly in parts of the
region.
A moderate earthquake
struck the Astore Valley
in the Kashmir
Himalayas, on 2
November 2002 at
03:39 AM local time that
killed 1 person. It had a
01-11-2002 35.36 74.72 29.3 4.9 ASC
magnitude of Mw=5.3.
This earthquake was
followed by additional
moderate events on
November 3rd and 21st,
that resulted in further
damage and casualties.
03-11-2002 35.36 74.64 15.1 4.9 ASC A moderate earthquake
struck the Astore Valley
in the Kashmir
Himalayas, on
November 03, 2002 at
12:33 PM local time
killing 17 people and
causing damage to
property. It had a
magnitude of Mw=5.3.
 This earthquake
followed a similar sized
earthquake on 2
November and was
followed by larger event
on 21 November, 2002.
A strong earthquake
struck the Astore Valley
in the Kashmir
Himalayas, on Nov. 21
2002 at 03:02 AM local
20-11-2002 35.35 74.59 13.0 6.2 ASC
time killing 23 people
and causing damage to
property.
The magnitude was Mw
= 6.3.
08-10-2005 34.43 73.54 20.0 7.6 NEIC A major earthquake
struck the india-
Pakistan border on the
morning of 8 October
2005. It had a
magnitude of Mw=7.6
and was felt strongly in
much of Paksitan,
northern India and
eastern Afghanistan.
The earthquake
resulted in more than
80,000 deaths in
northern Pakistan and
adjoining parts of
Jammu & Kashmir,
India and is by far one
of the deadliest in the
sub-continent. At least
10 people also died in
other parts of north
India and 4 in
Afghanistan due to this
earthquake. Tremors
 from the earthquake
were felt more than a
thousand kilometers
away in the Indian
states of Gujrat,
Madhya Pradesh and
Uttar-Pardesh.
A moderate aftershock
struck the Kashmir
Himalayas on 23
October 2005 at 15:04
UTC. It was felt strongly
in Kashmir & the
23-10-2005 34.88 73.02 10.0 4.9 ASC
NWFP, causing
additional damage to
buildings wakened in
the 8 October 2005
earthquake. It had a
magnitude of Mw=5.3.
A mild earthquake
struck the Kashmir
Valley in Jammu &
Kashmir, India, on 1
March 2008 at 00:10
01-03-2008 33.80 74.50 25.0 1.9 ASC
AM local time. It had a
magnitude of M=3.4 and
was felt in parts of the
Valley resulting in one
death.