Big quake shakes Pakistan, India

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The exact time of earthquake is 8:52 am (+05:00 east

of GMT) Islamabad, that continued for 3 minutes. So

far (October 8 @ 11:19 am) at least 4 individuals have

been reportedly killed and dozens are injured.

Emergency has been declared in all hospitals of

northern cities of Pakistan. It is most intensified

earthquake during past 100 years of northern belt of

Pakistan.

 

The US Geological Survey (USGS) and Pakistan

Metrological Department mentioned magnitude of 7.6,

while Japanese sources claims 7.8. The other affected

cities of northern Pakistan inlude, Muzzaferabad (Azad

Kashmir), Hazara, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Kohat and

Lahore. In Islamabad, minor shocks of earthquakes are

still observing.

 

At least 4 buildings have been collapsed in Islamabad,

including 13 storied residential apartment Magalla

Towers.

 

M.Imran

 

 

 

--- pushya <pushya wrote:

 

> *Big quake shakes Pakistan, India*

> Saturday, October 8, 2005 Posted: 0526 GMT (1326

> HKT)

> *(CNN) -- A major earthquake shook parts of India,

> Pakistan and Afghanistan

> on Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological

> Survey. *

>

> Casualties have been reported in parts of Pakistan,

> the country's

> Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmad told CNN.

> One girl has been

> reported killed.

>

> Part of a 19-story building collapsed in the

> Pakistani capital Islamabad.

> Police in the city of Lahore said at least eight

> people were injured and

> four shops were damaged, The Associated Press

> reported.

>

> CNN's Satinder Bindra in the Indian capital of New

> Delhi said there were no

> reports yet of death or damage in India.

>

> The quake hit Islamabad at about 8.50 a.m. local

> time (0350 GMT) and had a

> magnitude of 7.6, according to the U.S. Geological

> Survey's National

> Earthquake Information Center.

>

> Dr David Applegate of the USGS told CNN the major

> quake was " quite shallow "

> and close to the surface.

>

> The temblor's epicenter was 60 miles (about 100

> kilometers) north-northeast

> of Islamabad and about six miles below the Earth's

> surface, according to the

> center's Web site.

>

> " No reports of damage or casualties have been

> received at this time, " said a

> statement released by the center. " However, this

> earthquake may have caused

> substantial damage and casualties due to its

> location and size. "

>

> A 7.6 quake is classified as major, according to the

> scale used by the

> center. Japan's Meteorological Agency judged the

> quake's magnitude as a 7.8.

>

> Rescue workers were on the scene of the collapse in

> Islamabad, but there was

> no immediate word on casualties there, The

> Associated Press reported.

>

> Buildings in Islamabad shook and walls swayed for

> about a minute at 8:50 a.m.

> local time (0350 GMT). Panicked people ran out of

> homes and offices in many

> cities. Slight tremors continued afterward.

>

> The U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site that

> the quake had a

> magnitude of 7.6 and that its epicenter was in

> Pakistan.

>

> Arif Mahmood, a seismological official in the

> northwestern city of Peshawar,

> said the earthquake was felt in many parts of

> Pakistan.

>

> " It was a very strong earthquake, " he said,

> according to AP.

>

> Mohammed Hanif, another seismological official, said

> the quake appeared to

> have been strongest in Islamabad.

>

> Local television said the quake caused panic in

> Islamabad, as well as nearby

> Rawalpindi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta near the

> Afghan border.

>

> Residents in the Afghan capital, Kabul, also felt

> the temblor, fleeing their

> homes for fear they would collapse.

>

> " We are calling all our officials in the provinces.

> But we haven't received

> any reports yet of casualties, " said Saed Jawad

> Qanah, an official in Kabul

> with the disaster department of the Red Crescent

> Society, according to AP.

>

> The tremor also affected northern India.

>

> '`It was so strong that I saw buildings swaying. It

> was terrifying, " Hari

> Singh, a guard in an apartment complex in the New

> Delhi suburb of Noida,

> told AP.

>

> Hundreds of residents in the complex ran from their

> apartments after their

> beds and couches started shaking.

>

 

 

 

 

 

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