140 tremors rock Pakistan
Over 140 aftershocks have rocked Pakistan since a powerful earthquake left thousands of people dead and flattened entire villages, seismic experts said here on Sunday. Pakistan’s seismic and weather experts recorded over 140 aftershocks, with 21 over 5 magnitude on the Richter scale, since yesterday’s massive quake which killed over 18,000 people and injured around 42,000.
The recurring tremors, some of them lasting few seconds, triggered panic in some areas. A large contingent of mediapersons waiting for Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao’s briefing ran out in panic as a tremor shook the Information Ministry’s building.
Source: South Asia Quake Help through Times Of India
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October 17th, 2005 at 4:27 pm
I am a resident of islamabad and suffering from great deal of psycological effects due to aftershocks which are still continuing here in the city. Can anyone let us know approximately how many more are we expecting.
Would like to extend special thanks to the international comunity for help us all here in the hours of great need and despair.
Praise the Lord,
Sophia