Pakistan
PAK · 2024 energy mix · renewables 12.5% · fossil fuels 81.2%
Threat reading 90 of 100, classified HIGH THREAT, FRAGILE. 2 events recorded here in the last seven days, 2 in the last thirty.
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Where its energy comes from
| Gas | 42.1% |
|---|---|
| Oil | 26.1% |
| Coal | 13.0% |
| Hydro | 10.8% |
| Nuclear | 6.3% |
| Wind | 1.0% |
| Solar | 0.5% |
| Other renewables | 0.3% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 12.5% and fossil fuels for 81.2%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Pakistan is close to balanced on electricity trade.
Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.
Recorded history
NOAA's hazard records hold 53 significant earthquakes and 2 tsunamis in or just off Pakistan since 25.
The deadliest was the 8 October 2005 magnitude 7.6 earthquake (Pakistan: Muzaffarabad, Uri, Anantnag, Baramula), which killed 76,213 people.
The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 8.0, on 27 November 1945 (Pakistan: Makran Coast).
The most recent entry is the 19 January 2026 magnitude 5.6 earthquake (Pakistan: Barishal), which killed 2 people.
Across the entries that record a death toll, 145,051 people died.
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 October 2005 | magnitude 7.6 earthquake | Pakistan: Muzaffarabad, Uri, Anantnag, Baramula | 76,213 dead, $6,680 million damage |
| 30 May 1935 | magnitude 7.5 earthquake | Pakistan: Quetta | 60,000 dead, $25 million damage |
| 28 December 1974 | magnitude 6.2 earthquake | Pakistan: Balakot, Patan | 5,300 dead, $3 million damage |
| 26 September 1827 | earthquake | Pakistan: Lahore, Punjab | 1,000 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 24 September 2013 | magnitude 7.7 earthquake | Pakistan: Awaran, Kech | 825 dead, 32,638 homes destroyed, $100 million damage |
| 24 September 2013 | tsunami (waves to 0.6 m) | off Coast Gwadar | 825 dead, 32,638 homes destroyed, $100 million damage |
| 24 January 1852 | earthquake | Pakistan: Upper Sindh, Fort Kahan, Murree Hills | 350 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 27 November 1945 | tsunami (waves to 17 m) | Makran Coast | 300 dead, $25 million damage |
| 27 November 1945 | magnitude 8.0 earthquake | Pakistan: Makran Coast | 300 dead, $25 million damage |
| 20 October 1909 | magnitude 7.2 earthquake | Pakistan | 231 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 12 September 1981 | magnitude 5.9 earthquake | Pakistan: Gilgit | 220 dead, $5 million damage |
| 28 October 2008 | magnitude 6.4 earthquake | Pakistan: Quetta | 215 dead, 3,487 homes destroyed, damage over $25 million |
| 3 September 1972 | magnitude 6.2 earthquake | Pakistan: Tangir, Gupis, Rawalpindi, Peshawar | 100 dead, 1,000 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 27 February 1997 | magnitude 7.1 earthquake | Pakistan: Harnai-sibi, Quetta | 60 dead, 500 homes destroyed, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 6 October 2021 | magnitude 5.9 earthquake | Pakistan: Balochistan Province | 42 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 24 September 2019 | magnitude 5.6 earthquake | Pakistan: Mirpur District | 39 dead, 1,756 homes destroyed, $17 million damage |
| 14 February 2004 | magnitude 5.4 earthquake | Pakistan: Balakot, Batgram, Mansehra | 24 dead, 1,420 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 28 September 2013 | magnitude 6.8 earthquake | Pakistan: Awaran | 22 dead |
| 20 November 2002 | magnitude 6.3 earthquake | Pakistan: Dashkin, Doian, Mushkin | 19 dead, 100 homes destroyed, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 19 March 1997 | magnitude 4.9 earthquake | Pakistan: Bajaur, Chitral | 15 dead, damage under $1 million |
| 18 February 1955 | earthquake | Pakistan: Quetta | 12 dead, damage $1 to 5 million |
| 4 March 1990 | magnitude 6.1 earthquake | Pakistan: Kalat, Quetta, Mastung | 11 dead, $1 million damage |
| 1 November 2002 | magnitude 5.4 earthquake | Pakistan: Gilgit | 11 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 8 July 1909 | earthquake | Pakistan | 10 dead, damage under $1 million |
| 20 May 1992 | magnitude 6.0 earthquake | Pakistan: Peshawar, Kohat, Shakkar Khel | 6 dead, 400 homes destroyed, damage $1 to 5 million |
These are the 25 deadliest and largest of 55 entries. A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.
Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.
In the last 30 days
The most recent events our feeds placed in Pakistan:
- 7 November 2026: M 3.9 - PAKISTAN
- 7 November 2026: Wildfire (87 MW) — Pakistan
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 89 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 0 |
| Security | 20 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 35 |
| Natural hazard | 48 |
| Resilience | 31 |
Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.
Other countries tracked
Where the data comes from
Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.