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2005 Kashmir earthquake

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Summary

2005 Kashmir earthquake is an earthquake[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,863 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Azad Kashmir[3]
  • Country: Pakistan[4], India[5], Afghanistan[6]
  • Location: Kashmir[7]
  • Commons category: 2005 Kashmir earthquake[8]
  • Point in time: October 8, 2005[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:2005 Kashmir earthquake[10]
  • Commons gallery: 2005 Kashmir earthquake[11]
  • Number of deaths: 73,338[12]
  • Number of injured: 106,000[13]
  • Earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale: 7.6[14]
  • Earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale: 7.6[15]
  • Vertical depth: 26 km[16]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[17]

Why It Matters

2005 Kashmir earthquake has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Afghanistan India Pakistan

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . lenta.ru. lenta.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Earthquake magnitude on the richter magnitude scale → {'amount': '+7.6'}
    Instance of → earthquake
    Location → Kashmir
    Country → Pakistan, India, Afghanistan
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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