1. list of earthquakes in Pakistan:
Earthquake activity in Pakistan is mainly concentrated in the Balochistan province of the country.
Years Magnitude Areas Affected Deaths
1668 7.6 Shahbandar(Sindh) 50,000

2. Date, Injuries and
Latitude/Longitude Magnitude Deaths District/Province
Time Destruction
893-894[1] 24.83°N 67.83°E 8 150,000 Shahbandar, Sindh
1668 May
24°N 68°E 7.6 50,000 Shahbandar, Sindh
2 [2]
1819 June
23°36′N 69°36′E 7.5 3,200 Allahbund, Sindh
16[3]
1827
September 31°36′N 74°18′E 7.8 1,000 Lahore, Punjab
[2]
24
1852
January 29°18′N 68°48′E 8 Kahan, Balochistan
[2]
24
1865
January 34°N 71.55°E 6 Peshawar
[4]
22
1883[citation
needed] Jhalawan, Balochistan
1889[5] 27.75°N 67.17°E 8 Jhalawan, Balochistan
1892
December 30.83°N 66.52°E 6.8 Qilla Abdullah, Balochistan
[6][7]
20

3. 1909
October 29°N 68°E 7 100 Sibi, Balochistan
[8]
21
1929
February 1
at 36°30′N 70°30′E 7 Sibi, Balochistan
17:14[citation
needed]
1931
August 30.38°N 67.68°E 7 Sharigh Valley, Balochistan
24[8]
1931
August 29.91°N 67.25°E 7.4 Mach, Balochistan
27[8]
1935 May
30,000 -
31 at 28°52′0″N66°23′0″E 7.7 Ali Jaan, Balochistan
60,000
3:02am
1945
November, 97.6 km SSW of Pasni
7.8 4,000 tsunami Balochistan
28th at City
05:26 PST
1974,
December Hunza, Hazara and Swat districts; North-
35°06′N 72°54′E 6.2 5,300 17,000 injured
28, at West Frontier Province
12:11 UTC
Muzaffarabad District, Azad State of
2005 3.5 million people
7.6 or 7.8 80,000 Jammu and Kashmir & North-West
October 8 34°29′35″N73°37′44″E homeless
Frontier Province, Pakistan
at

4. 08:50:38
2008
October
6.4 215 120,000 homeless Ziarat District, Quetta
29 at 30°39′11″N67°19′23″E
04:09
2011
January
18 at 28.827°N 63.974°E 7.2
20:23:17
UTC
frequency: probability:
8 times in 102 years..i.e from ( 1900-2012) 8/102=0.078
4 times in 52 years i.e from (1950-2012) 4/52=0.0769
3 times in 12 years i.e from (2000-2012) 3/12=0.25
How Many Earthquakes Happen Each Year?
There are over a million quakes annually, including those too small to be felt. The following
table shows the average frequency of different magnitudes.
Description Magnitude Frequency per year
Great 8.0+ 1
Major 7.0-7.9 18
Large (destructive) 6.0-6.9 120
Moderate (damaging) 5.0-5.9 1,000
Minor (damage slight) 4.0-4.0 6,000
Generally felt 3.0-3.9 49,000
Potentially perceptible 2.0-2.9 300,000
Imperceptible less than 2.0 600,000+
From Earthquakes and the Urban Environment, Vol. 1, G. Lennis Berlin, 1980