The Pakistani nation is observing the 15th anniversary of the deadly earthquake of 2005, which killed around 80,000 people in the  Balakot tehsil and other parts of the Hazara division.

The devastating earthquake struck on the morning of 8 October 2005 at 8:50 AM local time with a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale. It destroyed parts of Pakistan administered Kashmir and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

epicenter located 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Muzaffarabad, the administrative centre of the Pakistani-administered Kashmir area, and approximately 65 miles (105 km) north-northeast of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.

The epicenter of the earthquake was located 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Muzaffarabad, Pakistani-administered Kashmir area, and approximately 65 miles (105 km) north-northeast of Islamabad.

Almost 100,000 people were killed, 138,000 others wounded in the earthquake, and over 3.5 million rendered homeless.