Earthquake in Pakistan

[ZexyZahid]

I wish I was but no I felt it and my gf also felt it too. In fact she pointed it out to me.

I didn't expect that the shock would be felt that far. Also the shock was felt all the way to Bangladesh. In Sriginar a man said 200 people has counted. That is pretty bad.

Here are responses coming in from the people there: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4321660.stm

What was the time you felt it (in GMT)?

 

[Briggsey]

My thoughts go out to all those who have been affected by this terrible disaster, it couldnt have come at a worser time with Ramadan just starting and I do hope no one here on PC has been seriously affected.

 

[india rock]

i heard my khalas sisters son died :crying :crying :crying
i never got to meet him. this was in india

 

[jkartik]

Its Really Sad ! :crying

Hope The Death Toll doesnt shoot up like tsunami

Brings back Memories of Earthquake that occured at Kuchch in Gujrat !

 

[sinkwood]

Quake hits 80% of Punjab and 70% of NWFP

The worst ever earthquakes in the history of this country rocking this morning has caused widespread distress to the people spanning over 80 percent of Punjab and 70 percent of the Frontier provinces, according to Metrological department.

Many villages were reportedly devastated, where it was feared to have taken a heavy toll of lives besides damages to property.

Sources told that 6 persons were killed and several injured in Murree alone, while the people kept coming to the hospital with the wounded on self help basis.

Geo correspondent told that Peshawar underwent 11 shocks of powerful tremors and still continuing intermittently, while Mansehra and Batgram suffered most both in terms of lives and property.

Besides, at least 40/50 houses of a village ?Molian? located in between Murree and Nathiagali have been totally destroyed. No relief team from the government has thus far reached here

 

[ZexyZahid]

i heard my khalas sisters son died :crying :crying :crying
i never got to meet him. this was in india

I am sorry to hear this. My condeleances to them.


Like I expected, this is gettin worse.

Death toll in Asian quake tops 700
Official says number of dead could reach into the thousands

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/quake.pakistan/index.html?section=cnn_topstories

And in Muzaffarabad where the epicenter was 250 deaths has been counted so far.

Here you can see where the epicenter was.

 

[Sureshot]

I don't know how does earthquakes work but I just felt one here in Wellington , NZ. Could they be connected together.

Quite possible. Not going to try to explain how earthquakes work or i'll be here until tomorrow.

You probably felt a tremor, although New Zealand has been affected for ages by Plate movements thus the shape/size of New Zealand.

 

[Cowburn199]

Wow this is really sad news.My thoughts are with all the people who have been affected in some way with this earthquake

 

[Shevchenko]

Like you all said this is sad news, and I agree! for once I wish that the world can live in peace with no more terrorist attacks and no more natural disasters! my vision is perhaps a fairytale one! my thoughts are with the families that's been strucked by this horrible disaster, I do hope the death toll doesn't near 1,000

 

[sinkwood]

more then 40 or 50 thousands people are died in earthquake
but our goverment says...............1000 to 2500
huh
earthquake rate 7.6 and in N.W.F.P 8.5

 

[ZexyZahid]

40.000-50.000?!

I hope it doesn't reach that.

 

[sinkwood]

in N.W.F.P 4 villages are totally destroyed or dissipated

 

[Proud Pakistani]

I think sinkwood is right! Because if U see CNN or Al Jazeera or any other news channel, they're only showing the pictures from Islamabad or Kashmir, But, there're some 40 villages that have been wipped out. Those remote villages are not in the reach of mass media and we've no idea what happened there. A few minutes ago, a reporter of Indus News reached a valley in Kashmir and reported that some 2000 people died there.

 

[sinkwood]

right 100% right

 

[aryan_6668]

where did the earth equake exactly happened in Islamabad?
which area?