Posted on 10/07/2005 10:44:15 PM PDT by Dyaus Pitar
A major earthquake with a magnitude of at least 7.6 struck Pakistan on Saturday and was felt across the Indian subcontinent, shaking people out of their homes and sending them running into the streets.
The quake was felt in the Indian, Pakistani and Afghan capitals, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) highlighted a large earthquake on its Website between Indian- and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir with a magnitude of 7.6.
It described the quake as "major", saying it took place at 0350 GMT at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles). It was centred 95 km (60 miles) northeast of Islamabad and 125 km (75 miles) northwest of Srinagar.
Japanese quake experts put the magnitude at 7.8. Tokyo measures earthquakes according to a technique similar to the Richter scale but adjusted for Japan's geological characteristics.
"We can say that it was one of the strongest earthquakes (ever) felt in Islamabad," said Mohammad Hanif, an official at the Pakistan Meteorological Department.
Screaming people rushed out of apartment buildings in the Indian capital, New Delhi, as the tremors began, a Reuters reporter said.
Indian government officials and the meteorological office said earlier that the quake measured 6.8, and was centred west of Muzaffarabad in Pakistani Kashmir.
Reuters reporters in the Pakistan capital Islamabad and the Afghan capital Kabul also felt the tremors.
Indian officials said the quake was felt throughout northern and central India.
"People are still gathered outside their homes and buildings," a resident of Delhi told Reuters. "They are a bit scared to go back into their homes at the moment.
The area where the quake took place is known for its frequent seismic activity and experts have long predicted an imminent major earthquake in the Himalayan region.
pawdoggie wrote:
"Obviously Allah punishing the Pakis for harboring all those Islamist nutjobs."
--I guess allah has been listening to the Scorions:"Rock you like a Hurricaine!" In this case it's earthquake.
I love that song, i always blast it when it comes on.
Indian Army begins dispatching earthquake relief teams in Kashmir
URL: http://www.india-defence.com/reports/529
Date: 8/10/2005
Agency: Press Trust of India
The Army today despatched teams to remote areas in border districts of Poonch, Baramullah and Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir to ascertain the extent of damage caused by the massive earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale.
The three districts are very close to the epicentre of the quake in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and authorities fear that major damage may have occurred there.
There has been no communication with villages in the districts and Army teams have been sent to re-establish contact with them, Army sources said here.
In Uri, the quake triggered landslips cutting off villages and the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Highway.
Some fires were also reported in certain villages, the sources said.
AS usual, India suffers being next to Pakistan. They train terrorist and India Suffers. Then God punishes the Pakistani's, and still India suffers.
Maybe the cave Bin Laden is cowering in is nothing more than rubble. One can only hope....
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That's a bad quake. Any info about the death toll?
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