EARTHQUAKE COMPARISON 2005 & 2015

Hassam Bin Ayub

Reg # Bmba151006

EARTHQUAKE A sudden violent shaking of the

ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result of

movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.

TYPES OF EARTHQUAKETectonic

Volcanic

Collapse

Explosion

MAGNITUDE The moment magnitude scale is

used to measure the size of earthquake in terms of energy.

SCALE The scale was developed in 1970’s

to succeed the 1930’s-era Richter magnitude scale (Ml).

Richter scale is improved from of Marcalli scale.

RICHTER SCALEValue Potential Hazard

SEISMIC ZONE

HISTORY OF EARTHQUAKE

EARTHQUAKE 2005Earthquake Details

Magnitude• 7.6Location• Muzafferabad.AJKDepth• 26km (16.2 Miles)Distance 100Km From Islamabad

EARTHQUAKE 2015Magnitude• 8.1Date & Time• Monday, Oct 26,2015 at

1:50pm.Location• In Btw Afghanistan &

Tajikistan.Depth 193km

TYPE COMPARISON Both Earthquake’s are due to

movement of tectonic plates and seismic waves,.

The Movement of Earthquake of 2005 was vertical.

The Movement of earthquake 2015 was Horizontal.

AFTER SHOCKSCOMPARISON 2005 & 2015

Aftershocks of 2005 was

16 in first week.

Aftershocks of 2015 was 200 in first

week.

LOSSES COMPARISON 2005&2015SER Provinces Deaths Injured Houses

Damaged

1 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 31,928 24,695 666,9,632

2 Punjab 1,789 6,763 5,624

3 Sindh 283 648 125

4 Ajk & Gilgit Baltistan 53,000 67,894 66,503

Grand Total 87,000 100,000 141,884

LOSSES 2015SER Provinces Deaths Injured Houses

Damaged

1 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 225 1,756 25,636

2 Punjab 5 80 20

3 FATA 29 209 9,534

4 Ajk & Gilgit Baltistan 12 101 595

Grand Total 271 2,148 35,785

COMPARISON

Died Houses Injured

271

171884

10000087000

35785

2148

Chart TitleSeries 1 Series 2

ERRA The Govt. of Pakistan

established Earthquake Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) on 24 oct,2005 to rebuild the earthquake affected regions.

NMDA National Disaster

Management Authority (NDMA), is the lead agency at Federal level to deal with Disaster Management Activities.

SEISMIC BUILDING CODE No horizontal Bond

Beams at base of walls. No Vertical members of

concrete provided in walls.

Stone masonry buildings ( Poor bonding).

CONSTRAINTS Lack of Latest

equipment. Lack of Govt. Funding. Lack of implementation

of Seismic Building code.

Lack of Awareness. Poverty.