2005 Kashmir earthquake: Difference between revisions

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The '''[[Kashmir]] [[earthquake]]''' (also known as the '''Northern [[Pakistan]] earthquake''' or '''[[South Asia]] earthquake''') of 2005 was a major [[seismology|seismological]] disturbance (earthquake) that occurred at 08:50:38 Pakistan Standard Time (03:50:38 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]], 09:20:38 India Standard Time, 08:50:38 local time at epicenter) on [[October 8]], [[2005]] with the [[epicenter]] in the Pakistan-administered region of the [[Territorial dispute|disputed territory]] of Kashmir. It registered 7.6 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] making it a major earthquake similar in intensity to the 1935 [[Quetta]] earthquake, the [[2001 Gujarat Earthquake]], and the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]].