- Source: List of earthquakes in Pakistan
Pakistan is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, being crossed by several major faults. As a result, earthquakes in Pakistan occur often and are destructive.
Geology
Pakistan geologically overlaps both the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. Balochistan, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces lie on the southern edge of the Eurasian plate on the Iranian Plateau. Sindh, Punjab and Azad Jammu & Kashmir provinces lie on the north-western edge of the Indian plate in South Asia. Hence this region is prone to violent earthquakes, as the two tectonic plates collide.
Earthquakes
See also
List of faults in Pakistan
National Disaster Management Authority
Earthquake Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority
References
Sources
Further reading
Kazmi, Ali Hamza (2006), "Active Faults and Earthquake Hazard in Pakistan", Pakistan Horizon, 59 (4): 13–20, JSTOR 43615504
External links
Northern Pakistan 1974 December 28 12:11:43 UTC Magnitude 6.2 USGS accessed Jan 2009
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