2005年喀什米尔大地震于UTC时间2005年10月8日03:50:38分发生，震中位于巴基斯坦控制的喀什米尔地区。美国地质调查局（USGS）测量的震级为7.6，震中位于34°25′55″N 73°32′13″E / 34.43194°N 73.53694°E / 34.43194; 73.53694，伊斯兰堡东北方95公里（60英里）穆扎法拉巴德附近，震中深度10公里（6.2英里）。日本气象厅测量的震级为7.8。印度气象局宣布震级为里氏6.8级。这是这一地区100年来经历的最强地震。阿富汗首都喀布尔和印度首都德里都有震感。这次地震被USGS分类为“大地震”。巴基斯坦官方公布的死亡人数是87350，在印度控制的喀什米尔地区造成1400人死亡。10月9日哈萨克斯坦南部遭到南亚地震余波冲击，部分地区发生了里氏3级余震。

The 2005 Kashmir earthquake occurred at 08:50:39 Pakistan Standard Time on 8 October in the Pakistani territory of Azad Kashmir. It was centered near the city of Muzaffarabad, and also affected Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It registered a moment magnitude of 7.6 and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The earthquake also affected countries in the surrounding region where tremors were felt in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Chinese ********. The severity of the damage caused by the earthquake is attributed to severe upthrust.