April 4, 2006 Earthquake: Batgram, Pakistan

Date

April 4, 2006

Time

09:12:23 UTC

Place

Batgram, Pakistan

Magnitude

4.8 (mb)

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

34.600° N, 73.136° E

Country

Pakistan

Injuries

28

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses destroyed

Some (about 51 to 100)

Houses damaged

Some (about 51 to 100)

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.

• October 8, 2005, Muzaffarabad, Uri, Anantnag, Baramula, PakistanM7.6 · 76,213 deaths · $6.7 billion · 50 km
• December 28, 1974, Balakot, Patan, PakistanM6.2 · 5,300 deaths · $3.3 million · 60 km
• May 30, 1885, Srinagar, Kashmir, IndiaM6.3 · 3,000 deaths · 142 km
• June 26, 1828, Kashmir, India1,000 deaths · 1,200 houses destroyed · 133 km
• September 12, 1981, Gilgit, PakistanM5.9 · 220 deaths · $5 million · 128 km
• September 3, 1972, Tangir, Gupis, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, PakistanM6.2 · 100 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 158 km
• September 2, 1963, SW, Kashmir, IndiaM5.3 · 80 deaths · 172 km
• September 24, 2019, Mirpur District, PakistanM5.6 · 39 deaths · $17 million · 1,756 houses destroyed · 176 km
• February 14, 2004, Balakot, Batgram, Mansehra, PakistanM5.4 · 24 deaths · 1,420 houses destroyed · 21 km
• November 20, 2002, Dashkin, Doian, Mushkin, PakistanM6.3 · 19 deaths · 100 houses destroyed · 155 km
• March 19, 1997, Bajaur, Chitral, PakistanM4.9 · 15 deaths · 142 km
• November 1, 2002, Gilgit, PakistanM5.4 · 11 deaths · 172 km
• July 8, 1909, Pakistan10 deaths · 116 km
• July 24, 2015, Abbottabad, PakistanM5.1 · 3 deaths · 3 houses destroyed · 83 km
• October 1, 2016, Mansehra, Naran, PakistanM5.4 · 1 death · 60 km

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