Quake shakes parts of country including Islamabad
Quake jolted Islamabad and Rawalpindi at 08: 53 am on Saturday October 08, 2005 that lasts for 23 seconds followed by several aftershocks. Officials are colleting data. Intensity of the tremor measured 7.6 at Richter scale. According to reports, people running out of their homes in panic.
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December 21st, 2005 at 1:19 am
Survivors are still in Danger
The prospect of a second wave of death looms over survivors as thousands of injured people remain stranded without access to food, shelter, sanitation or health care.
Some 365 health facilities out of the 564 in the affected area were either destroyed or damaged in the quake. In Muzaffarabad, Bagh and Rawalakot, many survivors are falling ill with acute respiratory infection.
Earthquake survivors in highland areas are being urged to move to lower ground where aid can reach them. Some 250,000 people currently live above the snowline.
The first snowfall is expected in mid-November and officials fear that they will be around 200,000 tents short.
Other shelter options are being actively considered including non-tent options and other forms of winter-resistant shelter.
The Pakistan government has set up 10 camps for the homeless in and around Manshera, Muzaffarabad and Bagh. Each camp holds anything between 60 and 3,000 people.
Naeem Tyab