The moment magnitude scale is used
to measure the size of earthquake in
terms of energy.
The scale was developed in 1970’s to
succeed the 1930’s-era Richter
magnitude scale (Ml).
Richter scale is improved from of
Marcalli scale.
Magnitude
• 8.1
Date & Time
• Monday, Oct 26,2015 at 1:50pm.
Location
• In Btw Afghanistan & Tajikistan.
Depth
193km
Both Earthquake’s are due to
movement of tectonic plates
and seismic waves,.
The Movement of Earthquake
of 2005 was vertical.
The Movement of earthquake
2015 was Horizontal.
The Govt. of Pakistan
established Earthquake
Reconstruction &
Rehabilitation Authority
(ERRA) on 24 oct,2005 to
rebuild the earthquake
affected regions.