M7.6 earthquake near Muzaffarābād, Azad Kashmir
7678 d ago · 8 Oct 2005, 03:50 UTC 21 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan
What happened
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck 21 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan on 8 Oct 2005, 03:50 UTC at a depth of 26 km.
Earthquakes of this size are classed as Major. Can cause serious damage over large areas. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.
The nearest town in our records is Muzaffarābād, about 22 km away in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
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