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Updated April
28th,
(11:23AM)
RESOURCES:
Bank BII
www.bii.co.id
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BREAKING NEWS:
Over Thousands Killed
In Massive Asia Quake
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (10/08/05)
A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake near
the Pakistan-India border Saturday reduced villages to rubble,
triggered landslides and flattened an apartment building. More than
3,000 people were killed in both nations, and a Pakistan army
spokesman called the devastation "a national tragedy."
 The
toll included 250 girls who died when their school in northwestern
Pakistan collapsed. Another 500 students were injured, said Ataullah
Khan Wazir, police chief in the northwestern district of Mansehra.
In the capitals of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan, buildings shook
and walls swayed for about a minute, and panicked people ran from
their homes and offices. Tremors continued for hours afterward.
Communications throughout the region were cut.
About 1,000 people were killed in Pakistani Kashmir, said Sardar
Mohammed Anwar, the top government official in the area. The army
said 200 soldiers there were killed.
"This is my conservative guess, and the death toll could be much
higher," Anwar told Pakistan's Aaj television station.
Schools, hospitals collapsed
He said most homes in Muzaffarabad, the area's capital, were
damaged, and schools and hospitals had collapsed.
At least 1,600 people died in Pakistan's North West Frontier
Province, said the province's top elected official, Akram Durani.
The U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site the quake hit at
8:50 a.m. local time and had a magnitude of 7.6. It was centered
about 60 miles northeast of Islamabad in the forested mountains of
Pakistani Kashmir.
"The damage and casualties could be massive and it is a national
tragedy," chief army spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan told The
Associated Press. "This is the worst earthquake in recent times."
Damage was extensive in Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan territory
divided between India and Pakistan.
Officials in the Indian-controlled portion reported at least 250
people killed, including 20 soldiers who perished in a landslide. At
least 850 people were injured and about 2,700 homes were destroyed
or damaged across Jammu-Kashmir, said senior state official B.B.
Vyas.
Army soldiers and local volunteers were rescuing people from under
the debris of collapsed houses. Telephone lines were down. Bridges
had developed cracks, but traffic was passing over them.
Pakistan's military mobilized
The USGS reported at least five aftershocks in Pakistan, with the
strongest measuring magnitude 6.3 and located about 70 miles north
of Islamabad.
Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat
Aziz ordered the military to extend "all-out help" to quake-hit
areas and appealed to the nation to stay calm. Helicopters took
troops to damaged areas, but landslides were hindering rescue
efforts.
Musharraf, walking through the rubble in Islamabad, said the air
force was deploying C-130 transport planes and 10 helicopters to
devastated areas.
In a show of solidarity, India offered assistance and condolences to
its longtime rival. The neighbors, which are engaged in a peace
process, have fought three wars, including two over Kashmir, since
independence from Britain in 1947.
"While parts of India have also suffered from this unexpected
natural disaster, we are prepared to extend any assistance with
rescue and relief which you may deem appropriate," Indian Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh said in a message to Musharraf.
Afghanistan shaken
In eastern Afghanistan, an 11-year-old girl was crushed to death
when a wall in her home collapsed, said police official Gafar Khan.
U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Jerry O'Hara said the quake was
felt at Bagram, the main American base in Afghanistan, but he had no
reports of damage at bases around the country.
Maj. Richard McNorton, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said
there were no reports of quake-related injuries among the more than
18,000 American forces in Afghanistan.
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