August 20, 2024 Earthquake: Kupwara, Kashmir, India

Date

August 20, 2024

Time

01:15:55 UTC

Place

Kupwara, Kashmir, India

Magnitude

5.1 (mb)

Focal depth

14 km (9 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

34.161° N, 74.268° E

Country

India

Deaths

1 with its tsunami and other effects

Injuries

3

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses damaged

Few (about 1 to 50)

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 · 65 km
• December 28, 1974, Balakot, Patan, PakistanM6.2 · 5,300 deaths · $3.3 million · 163 km
• May 30, 1885, Srinagar, Kashmir, IndiaM6.3 · 3,000 deaths · 53 km
• June 26, 1828, Kashmir, India1,000 deaths · 1,200 houses destroyed · 22 km
• September 12, 1981, Gilgit, PakistanM5.9 · 220 deaths · $5 million · 181 km
• September 2, 1963, SW, Kashmir, IndiaM5.3 · 80 deaths · 57 km
• September 24, 2019, Mirpur District, PakistanM5.6 · 39 deaths · $17 million · 1,756 houses destroyed · 126 km
• February 14, 2004, Balakot, Batgram, Mansehra, PakistanM5.4 · 24 deaths · 1,420 houses destroyed · 118 km
• November 20, 2002, Dashkin, Doian, Mushkin, PakistanM6.3 · 19 deaths · 100 houses destroyed · 141 km
• August 23, 1980, Kashmir, IndiaM4.9 · 15 deaths · 188 km
• November 1, 2002, Gilgit, PakistanM5.4 · 11 deaths · 155 km
• July 24, 2015, Abbottabad, PakistanM5.1 · 3 deaths · 3 houses destroyed · 105 km
• May 1, 2013, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Kashmir, IndiaM5.7 · 3 deaths · $19.5 million · 1,136 houses destroyed · 192 km
• October 1, 2016, Mansehra, Naran, PakistanM5.4 · 1 death · 99 km
• March 10, 2006, Mirpur District, PakistanM4.9 · 1 death · 120 km

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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 10818.