List of natural disasters in Pakistan

The following is a list of natural disasters that have affected Pakistan.

Event | Disaster | Location | Date | Affected | Death Toll

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| Earthquake/Tsunami | Makran | 325 BC |  |
1935 Quetta earthquake | Earthquake | Quetta | May 31, 1935 |  | 60,000
1945 Balochistan earthquake | Earthquake/Tsunami | Makran | Nov 27, 1945 |  | 4,000
| Flood |  | 1950 |  | 2,900
| Wind storm | Karachi | Dec 15, 1965 |  | 10,000
| Flood |  | Aug 1973 | 4,800,000 |
1974 Hunza earthquake | Earthquake | Northern Areas | Dec 28, 1974 | 97,000 | 5,300
| Flood |  | Aug 2, 1976 | 5,566,000 |
| Flood |  | Jun 1977 | 1,022,000 | 848
| Flood |  | Jul 1978 | 2,246,000 |
| Flood |  | Aug 1988 | 1,000,000 |
| Extreme Temperature |  | Jun 11, 1991 |  | 961
| Flood |  | Aug 9, 1992 | 6,184,418 |
| Flood |  | Sep 1992 | 12,324,024 | 1,334
| Wind storm |  | Nov 14, 1993 |  | 609
| Flood |  | Jul 22, 1995 | 1,255,000 |
| Flood |  | Aug 24, 1996 | 1,186,131 |
| Flood |  | Mar 3, 1998 |  | 1,000
| Drought |  | Mar 2000 | 2,200,000 |
2005 Kashmir earthquake | Earthquake | Muzaffarabad | Oct 8, 2005 | 2,500,000 | 87,351
| Flood |  | Jul/Aug 2010 | 20,000,000 |

## See also

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* National Disaster Management Authority (Pakistan)
* List of extreme weather records in Pakistan
* List of tropical cyclones in Pakistan
* List of earthquakes in Pakistan
* Climate change in Pakistan
* List of floods in Pakistan
* Drought in Pakistan

## External links

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