An earthquake occurred at 08:50:39 Pakistan Standard Time on 8 October in Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir in 2005. It was centered near the city of Muzaffarabad, also affected nearby Rawalakot and Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some areas of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. It registered a moment magnitude of 7.6. The earthquake also affected countries in the surrounding region where tremors were felt in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and China’s Xinjiang region.
The severity of the damage caused by the earthquake with some facts.
Date & Time: 8th Oct 2005 at 8:50:39 am
Location: Kashmir (Muzaffarabad)
Area: 12 miles
Magnitude: 7.6 Mw
Casualities: around 100,000
Injured: 38,000
Families: 500,000 affected
Animals died: 250,000
Animals injured: 500,000
Buildings destroyed: 780,000
Homeless: 3.5 million
Children: 19,000