In March, MERCY Malaysia responded to the 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake which struck the Nias islands. October saw the organisation providing aid in response to the 2005 Kashmir earthquake which struck the Pakistan administered Kashmir known as Azad Kashmir, near the city of Muzaffarabad. A field hospital was set up, and more than seven teams were sent to serve over 400,000 survivors in the remote town of Bagh.