Pakistan earthquakes

M5.7 earthquake 14 km E of Battagram, Pakistan

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 14 km E of Battagram, Pakistan on Sun, Oct 9, 2005, 1:30 PM GMT+5 (08:30 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.7 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Oct 9, 2005, 1:30 PM GMT+5
UTC: 2005-10-09 08:30:01 UTC
Depth: 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 34.670° N, 73.182° E
Region: Pakistan
Felt reports: 4
Strongest shaking: VII, very strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.7	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.68	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.7	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary
5.71	Me, energy	Choy, USGS energy magnitude	Reviewed

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Islamabad and Kalabagh.

From the USGS event page for usp000e1c6. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VII, very strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 28.9% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 3.0 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Oblique reverse
Nodal plane 1: Strike 344°, dip 37°, rake 121°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 127°, dip 59°, rake 69°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 21°
Stations used: 419

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e1c6 (also filed as us2005dzaq, choy20051009083001, gcmtc200510090830a, gcmt20051009083001, atlas20051009083001, iscgem7703375). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:43 AM UTC.