Pakistan earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 12 km NE of Battagram, Pakistan

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 12 km NE of Battagram, Pakistan on Fri, Oct 14, 2005, 1:49 AM GMT+5 (20:49 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 8 km N of Battagram, Pakistan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.9 (Mwc, centroid moment), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Fri, Oct 14, 2005, 1:49 AM GMT+5
UTC: 2005-10-13 20:49:22 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 34.742° N, 73.134° E
Region: Pakistan
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
4.9	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
4.9	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

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

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000e1ru. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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 349°, dip 40°, rake 122°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 131°, dip 57°, rake 66°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 26°
Stations used: 286

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 177 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 177.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e1ru (also filed as gcmtc200510132049a, gcmt20051013204922). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:16 PM UTC.