Laut der offiziellen Naturkatastrophen management Behörde sind die aktuellen Überflutungen die schwerste Naturkatastrophe in der Geschichte des Landes.Die zehn schwersten Naturkatastrophen der vergangenen 75 jahre in Pakistan (kursiv: jene bei den ERUs des örk zum Einsatz kamen):
1935 Quetta earthquake: A 7.7 Richter scale earthquake virtually levelled the city of Quetta in the eastern province of Balochistan, then part of British India. Some 60,000 people were killed in one of the deadliest earthquakes to hit South Asia. The epicentre was 4km southwest of the town of Ali Jaan, some 153km from Quetta.
