Disaster replay

2005 Kashmir earthquake and aftershocks

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck northern Pakistan near Muzaffarabad on the morning of 8 October 2005. This replay shows every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more the USGS catalog holds within 250 km over the following month.

The USGS catalog holds 289 earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or more within 250 km between 8 Oct 2005 and 7 Nov 2005. The largest was magnitude 7.6 on 8 Oct 2005 at 03:50 UTC. The largest after it was magnitude 6.4, 7 hours later. In the first 24 hours after the largest earthquake the catalog holds 164 more.

Replay

Press play, or drag the time slider under the map. Each circle is one earthquake, sized by magnitude, and it stays on the map once it has happened. Times are UTC.

The largest earthquakes

Date and time (UTC)MagnitudeDepthUSGS event
8 Oct 2005 03:50 7.6 26 km 21 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan
8 Oct 2005 10:46 6.4 8 km 9 km NE of Battagram, Pakistan
8 Oct 2005 03:57 5.9 10 km 17 km SE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan
8 Oct 2005 03:58 5.8 10 km 1 km SSE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan
8 Oct 2005 03:58 5.7 10 km 74 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan
8 Oct 2005 04:26 5.7 10 km 9 km ESE of Battagram, Pakistan
8 Oct 2005 12:25 5.7 10 km 13 km NE of Battagram, Pakistan
8 Oct 2005 21:13 5.7 12 km 16 km ENE of Battagram, Pakistan
9 Oct 2005 08:30 5.7 7 km 14 km E of Battagram, Pakistan
8 Oct 2005 04:01 5.6 10 km 20 km E of Battagram, Pakistan

Earthquakes each day

44 of magnitude 5 or more, 2 of 6 or more, 1 of 7 or more.

Day (UTC)Earthquakes
8 Oct 2005 156
9 Oct 2005 42
10 Oct 2005 14
11 Oct 2005 6
12 Oct 2005 3
13 Oct 2005 11
14 Oct 2005 4
15 Oct 2005 5
16 Oct 2005 3
17 Oct 2005 2
18 Oct 2005 4
19 Oct 2005 9
20 Oct 2005 0
21 Oct 2005 3
22 Oct 2005 2
23 Oct 2005 3
24 Oct 2005 3
25 Oct 2005 2
26 Oct 2005 1
27 Oct 2005 4
28 Oct 2005 2
29 Oct 2005 3
30 Oct 2005 0
31 Oct 2005 0
1 Nov 2005 1
2 Nov 2005 0
3 Nov 2005 2
4 Nov 2005 0
5 Nov 2005 1
6 Nov 2005 2
7 Nov 2005 1

What these numbers can and cannot show

These are the earthquakes the USGS catalog holds at or above magnitude 4.0 within 250 km of 34.50, 73.60. Smaller earthquakes are not included. In the first hours after a very large earthquake many aftershocks are not recorded, because their signals overlap in the seismograms, so the first day's count is lower than what happened. The circle is a fixed distance, so an unrelated earthquake inside it is counted and a distant aftershock outside it is not.

Snapshot of the USGS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog downloaded 13 Sep 2026; USGS continues to revise past magnitudes and locations. The exact USGS query. Timeline player: Leaflet.TimeDimension (MIT licence).

Questions

How many earthquakes does the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and aftershocks replay show?

The USGS catalog holds 289 earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or more within 250 km between 8 Oct 2005 and 7 Nov 2005. The largest was magnitude 7.6 on 8 Oct 2005 at 03:50 UTC. The largest after it was magnitude 6.4, 7 hours later. In the first 24 hours after the largest earthquake the catalog holds 164 more.

What was the largest earthquake after the main shock?

Magnitude 6.4 on 8 Oct 2005 10:46 UTC, 7 hours after the largest earthquake, according to the USGS catalog.

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