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Introduction
In 2005, a major Earthquake occurred in
Pakistan.
It affected Kashmir, Gilgat-
baltistanandKhyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Occurred at 08:52:37 PST on 8th October
2005.
It registered amoment magnitudeof 7.6.
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Seismotectonics
Collision of Indian & Eurasian plates causes seismic
slices beneath the Kashmir Basin and is known as the Indus-Kohistan seismic zone. 73.560 degrees east, about 90 km north-northeast of Islamabad.
Seismotectonics
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Seismotectonics
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the focal depth
earthquake is 7.6
. More than 20 aftershocks ranging from 4.5 to 6.3 in
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Earthquake Activity In Pakistan in Pakistan occur in the north Most of the earthquakes
and western regions, along the boundary of the Indian tectonic plate with the Iranian and Afghan micro-plates. land of an extensive transform fault system in the Arabian Sea known as the Owen Fault Zone.
The Chaman Fault System is a major fracture which The Chaman Thrust Fault system is a continuation on
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Earthquake Activity In Pakistan Fault system extends along The Chaman Thrust
Pakistan's frontier with Afghanistan. It begins near Kalat, passes near Quetta and continues in a northnortheastern direction to Kabul, after branching off to form theMain Karakoram Thrust (MKT) System. Chatham Fault System on the east side of the Pishin Basin. Hazara-Kashmir syntaxial bend near the Main Boundary Thrust (MBT).
The October 8, 2005 earthquake occurred near this
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1. The first of these is the Allah Bund Fault. 2. The second is an extension of the one that
begins near Rann of the Kutch region. Arabian sea near the Makran coast. district, near Surajani.
3. The third is the Pubb fault which ends into 4. The fourth fault is located in the lower Dadu
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Earthquake Disaster
At least 86,000 people killed, more than
69,000 injured and extensive damage in northern Pakistan. Muzaffarabad area, Kashmir where entire villages were destroyed and at Uri where 80 percent of the town was destroyed.
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Lessons Learned
Preparedness and strict Seismic Building
Codes could have mitigated the extent of the damage. death toll - perhaps by as much as 80%.
This could have reduced significantly the Governments in the region must develop
codes.
the most severe of the earthquakes that 4/19/12 historically have affected the region and