February 14, 2004 Earthquake: Balakot, Batgram, Mansehra, Pakistan
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Balakot, Batgram, Mansehra, Pakistan on February 14, 2004 at 10:30:22 UTC, 11 km below the surface. It killed 24 people.
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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
- February 14, 2004
- Time
- 10:30:22 UTC
- Place
- Balakot, Batgram, Mansehra, Pakistan
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 11 km (7 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 34.774° N, 73.216° E
- Country
- Pakistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 24
- Injuries
- 40
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 1,420
- Houses damaged
- 1,420; 5,379 with its tsunami and other effects
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.
At least 24 people killed, including 14 by landslides, and about 40 injured in the Balakot-Batgram-Mansehra area. More
than 1,420 buildings collapsed, 5,379 damaged and
roads cracked and blocked by landslides in the area.
About 20 percent of water wells damaged in Manshera.
Felt throughout the North-West Frontier Province.
Power and telephone cables damaged at Srinagar,
Kashmir. Also felt at Gulmarg, Kashmir and Kabul,
Afghanistan. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- October 8, 2005, Muzaffarabad, Uri, Anantnag, Baramula, Pakistan
- December 28, 1974, Balakot, Patan, Pakistan
- May 30, 1885, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
- June 26, 1828, Kashmir, India
- September 12, 1981, Gilgit, Pakistan
- September 3, 1972, Tangir, Gupis, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Pakistan
- September 2, 1963, SW, Kashmir, India
- September 24, 2019, Mirpur District, Pakistan
- November 20, 2002, Dashkin, Doian, Mushkin, Pakistan
- March 19, 1997, Bajaur, Chitral, Pakistan
- November 1, 2002, Gilgit, Pakistan
- July 8, 1909, Pakistan
- July 24, 2015, Abbottabad, Pakistan
- October 1, 2016, Mansehra, Naran, Pakistan
- October 10, 2010, Khanpur, Haripur, Pakistan
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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 5761.