March 10, 2006 Earthquake: Mirpur District, Pakistan

Date

March 10, 2006

Time

07:50:14 UTC

Place

Mirpur District, Pakistan

Magnitude

4.9 (mb)

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

33.129° N, 73.887° E

Country

Pakistan

Deaths

1

Injuries

22

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.

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• May 30, 1885, Srinagar, Kashmir, IndiaM6.3 · 3,000 deaths · 169 km
• June 26, 1828, Kashmir, India1,000 deaths · 1,200 houses destroyed · 132 km
• September 26, 1827, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan1,000 deaths · 174 km
• September 2, 1963, SW, Kashmir, IndiaM5.3 · 80 deaths · 120 km
• September 24, 2019, Mirpur District, PakistanM5.6 · 39 deaths · $17 million · 1,756 houses destroyed · 12 km
• February 14, 2004, Balakot, Batgram, Mansehra, PakistanM5.4 · 24 deaths · 1,420 houses destroyed · 193 km
• August 23, 1980, Kashmir, IndiaM4.9 · 15 deaths · 165 km
• July 24, 2015, Abbottabad, PakistanM5.1 · 3 deaths · 3 houses destroyed · 103 km
• May 1, 2013, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Kashmir, IndiaM5.7 · 3 deaths · $19.5 million · 1,136 houses destroyed · 184 km
• August 20, 2024, Kupwara, Kashmir, IndiaM5.1 · 1 death · 120 km
• October 10, 2010, Khanpur, Haripur, PakistanM5.2 · 1 death · 124 km
• October 1, 2016, Mansehra, Naran, PakistanM5.4 · 1 death · 198 km
• February 20, 2009, Kashmir, Pakistan, IndiaM5.4 · 120 km
• September 24, 1501, Srinagar, Kashmir, IndiaDeaths: many · 137 km

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