Pakistan earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 23 km NE of Battagram, Pakistan

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 23 km NE of Battagram, Pakistan on Mon, Oct 17, 2005, 3:43 PM GMT+5 (10:43 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: Mon, Oct 17, 2005, 3:43 PM GMT+5
UTC: 2005-10-17 10:43:07 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 34.838° N, 73.192° 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 usp000e20m. 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: Reverse (thrust)
Nodal plane 1: Strike 314°, dip 40°, rake 104°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 116°, dip 51°, rake 79°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 58°
Stations used: 166

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 148 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 148.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000e20m (also filed as gcmtc200510171043a, gcmt20051017104307). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:16 AM UTC.