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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.
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Dr Ch Qamar Zaman, the director-general Meteorological Office said that 150 aftershocks of the devastating October 8 earthquake had been recorded by 8:30 pm Sunday (October 9) while the activity is likely to continue for the next 24 to 36 hours.
Talking to The News, he said the last aftershock that was recorded at 1:30 pm on Sunday was the strongest and showed 5.9 on the Richter scale. He said the next 24 to 36 hours are the “critical period” during which more aftershocks are likely to be recorded.
The DG Met Office said that the aftershocks received last night at 2:13 am and 2:45 am measured 5.7 and 5.5 on the Richter scale while another aftershock measuring 5.5 was recorded at 12:09 pm Sunday.
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Over 30,000 victims in AJK, 9,000 in NWFP; thousands await rescue under debris; 25 deaths confirmed in Margalla Towers collapse
The death toll following Saturday’s massive earthquake rose to 35,000 on Sunday, with 30,000 victims in Azad Kashmir alone.
The death toll in the NWFP reached 9,000, including 7,000 deaths in Hazara. At the Margalla Towers, Islamabad, 25 deaths have been confirmed. Thousands of people trapped under the debris of collapsed buildings in AJK and NWFP districts still await rescue.
AJK Minister for Works and Communication Tariq Farooq Sunday said: “Our rough estimates say more than 30,000 people have died in the earthquake in Kashmir.” “There are cities, there are towns which have been completely destroyed. Muzaffarabad is devastated,” he added, referring to the capital of Azad Kashmir.
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GARHI HABIBULLAH: The wailing residents of this picturesque town echoing with death and destruction don’t have much to demand. The inhabitants from Mansehra to the mighty mountains of Chilas have run out of Latha, the cotton cloth used for shrouds!
The rubble of the Government Girls Secondary School in the Chamm locality, Garhi Habibullah, is yet to be photographed by a leading political heavyweight or the district government/administration or even the much-publicised military’s relief teams.
No one came to offer condolences, make (false) promises of early rescue operations for their trapped loved ones except for the military helicopter hovering over many hundred feet high in the sky. The disaster-hit population knows this and only seeks help from Allah.
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The federal capital here and the twin city Rawalpindi suffered severe shocks of earthquake once more today.
Metrological Department chief, Dr. Qamr uz Zaman Chaudhry told that the intensity of this earthquake was still being examined, however, it was around 6 on Richter scale, according to an estimate.
Earlier, one more severe tremor that shook and shivered the city at exactly 12.9 P.M. today was measured 5.5 on Richter scale.
Dr. Qamr uz Zaman revealed that since yesterday morning’s disastrous earthquake till now altogether 144 tremors were recorded, while today alone it tormented 44 times from 5.00 A. M to 1.45 P.M noon and most of them were on Richter scale measured 4.
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The devastating earthquake which struck Pakistan and Kashmir was a direct result of the Indian sub-continent’s shift towards the north and its collision with the Eurasian continent, the US Geological survey today said.
“Earthquakes and active faults in northern Pakistan and adjacent parts of India and Afghanistan were the direct result of the Indian subcontinent moving northward at a rate of about 40 mm per year and colliding with the Eurasian continent,” USGS said in its report on yesterday’s quake which killed thousands of people in Pakistan.
This collision is causing upliftment that produces the highest mountain peaks in the world, including the Himalayan, Karakoram, Pamir and Hindu Kush Ranges.
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The estimated toll of the South Asian earthquake on Saturday has hit 30,000, Pakistan-administered Kashmir’s works and communication minister says.
“Our rough estimates say more than 30,000 people have died in the earthquake in Kashmir,” minister Tariq Farooq said on Sunday.
“There are cities, there are towns which have been completelydestroyed. Muzaffarabad is devastated,” he added, referring to the capital of Pakistan’s sector of disputed Kashmir.
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Kanita Ahmed has photos of Muzzafarabad before the earthquake.
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The Earthquake that smashed across the northern parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan is quickly reported across the blogosphere. There are lots of blogs covering the earthquake including:
Very detailed description of Site Zero: Margalla Towers
MadadKaro.org is dedicated to bringing together information about relief efforts for the South Asian Earthquake victims that are being done all around the world. Comprehensive work.
Shaista Aziz of Oxfam is maintaining an excellent diary of her relief work.
Earthquake Paksitan with latest developments and plans, information on how one can help the victims.
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Over 18,000 people were killed in Pakistan in the huge earthquake on Saturday, military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan said.
Talking to Geo TV here on Sunday, Director General ISPR Shaukat Sultan said so far 18,020 persons were killed. A large number of people were killed in the worst hit areas of Azad Kashmir where 17155 people were killed while remaining casualties were reported from Pakistani areas.
He informed that 215 army personnel were also among the dead while 414 others sustained injuries.
He said Muzaffarabad, Bagh and Rawlakot were among the worst quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and so far 41188 persons were injured.
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