October 8, 2005 Earthquake: Muzaffarabad, Uri, Anantnag, Baramula, Pakistan

At least 86,000 people killed, more than 69,000 injured and extensive damage in northern Pakistan. The heaviest damage occurred in the Muzaffarabad area, Kashmir where entire villages were destroyed and at Uri where 80 percent of the town was destroyed. At least 32,335 buildings collapsed in Anantnag, Baramula, Jammu and Srinagar, Kashmir. Buildings collapsed in Abbottabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Islamabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. At least 1,360 people killed and 6,266 injured in India. At least one person killed and some buildings collapsed in Afghanistan.

Landslides and rockfalls damaged or destroyed several mountain roads and highways cutting off access to the region for several days. Landslides occurred farther north near the towns of Gilgit and Skardu, Kashmir. Liquefaction and sandblows occurred in the western part of Vale of Kashmir and near Jammu. Landslides and rockfalls also occurred in parts of Himachal Pradesh, India.

(above from reference #1053)

76,213 killed, 146,599 injured, 6,175,800 affected, $6680 million damage. Note: includes impacts to Afghanistan and India as well as Pakistan. (reference #1250)

The maximum intensity of this event has been estimated to be VIII on the Mercalli scale. The earthquake was felt in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, India and China’s Xinjiang region. This event has been considered to be among the deadliest earthquakes to hit South Asia. This event claimed a death toll of 87351 human lives. The total financial loss due to this event was estimated to be about 5.2 billion US dollars. (reference #13294)

2005 Oct 08 03:50:39.14 UTC, 34.451 N 73.649 E, magnitude 7.59 Mw (reference #10476, v 9.1)

88,000 fatalities, 146,599 injured, 6.68 billion USD economic loss (reference #13727)