2005 Kashmir earthquake occurred at on 8 October in Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir . It was centered near the city of Muzaffarabad , and also affected Pakistan 's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir . It registered a moment magnitude of 7.6 and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( '' Severe '' ) . The earthquake also affected countries in the surrounding region where tremors were felt in Afghanistan , Tajikistan and Chinese Xinjiang . The severity of the damage caused by the earthquake is attributed to severe upthrust . It is considered the deadliest earthquake to hit South Asia since the 1935 Quetta earthquake
1935 Quetta earthquake
1935 Quetta earthquake
2005 Kashmir earthquake