Pakistan earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 13 km ESE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 13 km ESE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan on Sun, Oct 9, 2005, 11:28 PM GMT+5 (18:28 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: 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Oct 9, 2005, 11:28 PM GMT+5
UTC: 2005-10-09 18:28:19 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 34.305° N, 73.593° E
Region: Pakistan
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

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 usp000e1ec. 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 83°
Stations used: 50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 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 usp000e1ec. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC.