January 24, 1852 Earthquake: Upper Sindh, Fort Kahan, Murree Hills, Pakistan
An earthquake struck Upper Sindh, Fort Kahan, Murree Hills, Pakistan on January 24, 1852. It killed 350 people.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- January 24, 1852
- Place
- Upper Sindh, Fort Kahan, Murree Hills, Pakistan
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 27.700° N, 68.800° E
- Country
- Pakistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 350
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
- Houses damaged
- Many (101 to 1,000)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
January 24, 1852-Upper Sindh. Fort of Kahan ruined, and 350 killed, severe but local. (reference #1095)
January 24, 1852, Murree Hills, Indus. (reference #1002)
January 24, 1852, Upper Suid, Fort of Khan ruined and 250 people were killed. Severe but local. (reference #1100)
January 24, 1852, Upper Sind, Murree Hills, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)
January 24, 1852, Upper Sind, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which could destroy towns or devastate districts: the acceleration of the ground in these cases exceeds 5 feet per sec per sec. (reference #1216)
January 24, 1852, Murree Hill, Pakistan. (reference #1212)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 1924.