摘要
On October 8, 2005, an earthquake of Mw 7.6 shook northern Pakistan at 8：50：38 AM local time. The epicenter was located at 34°29′35″N, 73°37′44″E （USGS）, in Neelum Valley, 19 km northeast of Muzaffarabad, the capital town of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. This deadliest of the Himalayan earthquakes took a toll of more than 80,000 of human lives, rendered millions homeless, and caused an estimated damage of US $ 5 billion.
