Killing 7.5 Richter earthquake in NE Afghanistan - Felt in Kabul and New Delhi
Earthquake magnitude 7.5 degrees on the Richter scale shook the mountainous Hindu Kush province in northeast Afghanistan. The earthquake was felt in the capitals of Afghanistan and India. At least 52 people have died in Pakistan, dozens wounded.
According to the latest information, at least 28 people were killed in areas where tribes living in the north of Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan.
20 others were killed in the northwestern part of Pakistan, three in Gilgit-Balistan area and one on the Pakistani side of Kashmir, according to sources.
At the same time, the Afghan city Talokan, 12 students trampled in their efforts to emerge from their school to escape the earthquake, and 35 wounded, while other 5 people died in the eastern province of Nangahar, according to Afghan officials. Too many people were injured in the country.
Initially, the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS) announced that the vibration was 7.7 Richter magnitude, then revised to 7.5.
According to the USGS, o earthquake had a depth of 196 km., And its epicenter was located 82 km. SE of Feizampant, in a remote area of Afghanistan.
The quake was felt for almost a minute in New Delhi, according to journalists of the French Press Agency.
He was also felt in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, as well as Kabul.
The Pakistan meteorological department valued the magnitude of the quake at 8.1 degrees.
In the capital of India's hundreds of people were on the streets, as in Kabul and Islamabad.
Earthquake magnitude 7.5 degrees on the Richter scale shook the mountainous Hindu Kush province in northeast Afghanistan. The earthquake was felt in the capitals of Afghanistan and India. At least 52 people have died in Pakistan, dozens wounded.
According to the latest information, at least 28 people were killed in areas where tribes living in the north of Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan.
20 others were killed in the northwestern part of Pakistan, three in Gilgit-Balistan area and one on the Pakistani side of Kashmir, according to sources.
At the same time, the Afghan city Talokan, 12 students trampled in their efforts to emerge from their school to escape the earthquake, and 35 wounded, while other 5 people died in the eastern province of Nangahar, according to Afghan officials. Too many people were injured in the country.
Initially, the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS) announced that the vibration was 7.7 Richter magnitude, then revised to 7.5.
According to the USGS, o earthquake had a depth of 196 km., And its epicenter was located 82 km. SE of Feizampant, in a remote area of Afghanistan.
The quake was felt for almost a minute in New Delhi, according to journalists of the French Press Agency.
He was also felt in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, as well as Kabul.
The Pakistan meteorological department valued the magnitude of the quake at 8.1 degrees.
In the capital of India's hundreds of people were on the streets, as in Kabul and Islamabad.
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