Earthquake Information for 2005

Deaths from Earthquakes for 2005
- Total Deaths: 88003
- Earthquake with the most casualties for 2005
  - October 08, Pakistan, M7.6
    At least 86,000 people killed, more than 69,000 injured and extensive damage in northern Pakistan. The heaviest damage occurred in the Muzaffarabad area, Kashmir where entire villages were destroyed and at Uri where 80 percent of the town was destroyed. At least 32,335 buildings collapsed in Anantnag, Baramula, Jammu and Srinagar, Kashmir. Buildings collapsed in Abbottabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Islamabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Maximum intensity VIII. Felt (VII) at Topi; (VI) at Islamabad, Peshawar and Rawalpindi; (V) at Faisalabad and Lahore. Felt at Chakwal, Jhang, Sargodha and as far as Quetta. At least 1,350 people killed and 6,266 injured in India. Felt (V) at Chandigarh and New Delhi; (IV) at Delhi and Gurgaon, India. Felt in Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh, India. At least one person killed and some buildings collapsed in Afghanistan. Felt (IV) at Kabul and (III) at Bagrami, Afghanistan. Felt (III) at Kashi, China and (II) at Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Also felt at Almaty, Kazakhstan. An estimated 4 million people in the area were left homeless. Landslides and rockfalls damaged or destroyed several mountain roads and highways cutting off access to the region for several days. Landslides also occurred farther north near the towns of Gilgit and Skardu, Kashmir. Liquefaction and sandblows occurred in the western part of the Vale of Kashmir and near Jammu. Landslides and rockfalls also occurred in parts of Himachal Pradesh, India. Seiches were observed in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, India and in many places in Bangladesh.

United States Earthquakes for 2005
- Largest in:
  - 7.2 -- California, June 15 -- Off the Coast of Northern California
  - 6.8 -- Alaska, June 14 -- Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands
  - 5.6 -- Montana, July 26 -- Western Montana
  - 5.3 -- Hawaii, July 15 -- Hawaii region
  - 4.2 -- Nevada, September 16 -- Nevada
  - 4.0 -- Washington, November 23 -- Washington
  - 3.8 -- Idaho, September 28 -- Southern Idaho 05:27
  - 3.8 -- Idaho, September 28 -- Southern Idaho 23:20
  - 3.8 -- Idaho, September 29 -- Southern Idaho
  - 3.8 -- Idaho, October 02 -- Southern Idaho
  - 3.8 -- Oregon, August 12 -- Oregon
  - 3.7 -- Utah, July 29 -- Utah
  - 3.1 -- Wyoming, December 25 -- Wyoming