The Indian subcontinent has a history of worst earthquakes in the world. Pakistan, India, Nepal and Afghanistan are the major victims of the earthquake that frequently occur in this region. The reason of occurrence of earthquakes in this region is that Indian plates are frequently moving towards Asia at 49mm per year.
As Pakistan is situated at the north-western side of the Indian sub-continent. Moreover, it overlaps the both Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates, and for the same reason, it frequently plunges into the earthquakes that frequently occur in the Northern Areas and some parts of the Baluchistan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan are located at the Iranian Plateau while Punjab and Singh fall in the region of Indian plates. For the same reasons, it has a history of worst earthquakes. The Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Northern Areas are located in the Central Asia and along the edge of the Indian plot, so these areas always witnessed the worst earthquakes. These are the places where two tectonic plates collide.
Here is the list of worst earthquakes in Pakistan.
1. Shahbandar, Sindh
Year: 893
Magnitude: 8
Deaths: 150,000
2. 2005 Kashmir Earthquake
Year: 2005
Magnitude: 7.8
Deaths: 80,000
3. Ali Jaan, Balochistan
Year: 1935
Magnitude: 7.7
Deaths: 50,000
4. Shahbandar, Sindh
Year: 1668
Magnitude: 7.6
Deaths: 50,000
5. 1974 Hunza
Year: 1974
Magnitude: 6.2
Deaths: 5300
6. 1945 Balochistan
Year: 1945
Magnitude: 8.1
Deaths: 4000
7. 1819 Rann of Kutch, Allahbund, Sindh
Year: 1819
Magnitude: 7.5
Deaths: 3200
8. Lahore Earthquake
Year: 1827
Magnitude: 7.8
Deaths: 1000
9. Awaran District, Balochistan
Year: 2013
Magnitude: 7.7
Deaths: 825
10. October 2015 Hindu Kush
Year: 2015
Magnitude: 7.5
Deaths: 363
