October 8, 2005 Pakistan Earthquake: Preliminary observations and report of an international conference

• 来源期刊: 幕-国际地学杂志（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2006,（3）
• 页码范围: 206-208
• 页数: 3页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

On October 8,2005, an earthquake of Mw 7.6 shook northern Pakistan at 8:50:38 AM local time. The epicenter was located at 34°29'35"N, 73°37'44"E (USGS), in Neelum Valley, 19 km northeast of Muzaffarabad, the capital town of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. This deadliest of the Himalayan earthquakes took a toll of more than 80,000 of human lives, rendered millions homeless, and caused an estimated damage of US $ 5 billion.