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2005 Kashmir earthquake

On 8 October 2005, at 08:50:39 PKT, a Mw 7.6 earthquake struck the Azad Kashmir region in northern Pakistan. Its epicenter was located in the tehsil of Patikka, near the city of Muzaffarabad. It caused catastrophic damage and tens of thousands of fatalities across Azad Kashmir and northwestern Jammu and Kashmir, India.

2005 Kashmir earthquake
2005 Kashmir earthquake · Orlovic, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
8 Oct 2005
Where
Kashmir
Era
Contemporary

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