July 24, 2015 Earthquake: Abbottabad, Pakistan
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Abbottabad, Pakistan on July 24, 2015 at 20:59:54 UTC, 17 km below the surface. It killed 3 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
- July 24, 2015
- Time
- 20:59:54 UTC
- Place
- Abbottabad, Pakistan
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 17 km (11 mi)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 33.856° N, 73.193° E
- Country
- Pakistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 3
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.
Three people killed and one injured at Abottabad. Felt (V) at Muree; (IV) at Abottabad, Islamabad and Rawalpindi; (II) at Lahore. Also felt at Gujranwala, Harunabad, Jhelum, Kahuta, Mingaora, Muzaffarabad, Pindi Gheb, Risalpur, Tall and Taxila. Felt at Amritsar, Badamibagh and Uri, India. Jahangira, North-West Frontier, Pakistan - CDI: 7; Pindi Gheb, Punjab, Pakistan - CDI: 5; Harīpur, North-West Frontier, Pakistan - CDI: 5; Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan - CDI: 5; Murree, Punjab, Pakistan - CDI: 5(reference #13456)
Senior police officer Akhtar Hayat Khan said the roofs of three homes caved in because of the earthquake in a village on the outskirts of Abbottabad, killing three people. He said police did not receive any other reports about damage in the region. (reference #11231)
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 2, 1963, SW, Kashmir, India
- September 24, 2019, Mirpur District, Pakistan
- February 14, 2004, Balakot, Batgram, Mansehra, Pakistan
- March 19, 1997, Bajaur, Chitral, Pakistan
- July 8, 1909, Pakistan
- May 20, 1992, Peshawar, Kohat, Shakkar Khel, Pakistan
- October 10, 2010, Khanpur, Haripur, Pakistan
- March 10, 2006, Mirpur District, Pakistan
- August 20, 2024, Kupwara, Kashmir, India
- October 1, 2016, Mansehra, Naran, Pakistan
- February 20, 2009, Kashmir, Pakistan, India
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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 10145.