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Deadliest earthquake in South Asia, epicentre centred on the Jhelum Fault Zone. 2004-02-14: Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 5.5 M w: VIII 24 63 2002-11-02: Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 5.4 M w 6.3 M w: VIII 41 168 Doublet 1997-02-27: Balochistan: 7.0 M w: VIII 57 1992-05-20: Kohat Division, North West Frontier: 6.0 M w: VII 36 100 Moderate [14 ...
Event Disaster Location Date Affected Death Toll; Earthquake/Tsunami: Makran: 325 BC: 1935 Quetta earthquake: Earthquake: Quetta: May 31, 1935: 60,000 1945 Balochistan earthquake
An earthquake struck Pakistan's province of Balochistan near the city of Harnai on 7 October 2021. [2] [3] The moment magnitude 5.9 M ww quake struck in the early morning at 03:01 local time, killing at least 42 people and injuring 300 others. [4] The earthquake occurred just one day before the anniversary of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
Saturday’s magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit a densely populated area near Herat. Desperate people dig out dead and injured from Afghanistan earthquakes that killed at least 2,000 Skip to main content
Sixty military vehicles from Karachi also delivered aid. [17] The government also distributed 10,000 food kits to sustain a family for 15 days. [25] Rescue efforts were further challenged when attacks from an alleged rebel group linked with anti-government campaigns targeted military convoys transporting supplies. [26]
The World Bank has today announced that it is committing £650 million ($780 million) to help Turkey rebuild its infrastructure. It is also preparing a further £830 million ($1 billion) in support.
A U.S. Army soldier gives a young Pakistani Kashmiri girl a drink of water as they are airlifted from Muzaffarabad to Islamabad. The international response to the 2005 Kashmir earthquake was widespread and immediate, as many countries, international organizations and non-governmental organizations offered an abundance of relief aid to the affected regions − particularly Pakistan, which was ...
Parts of Karachi received 147 mm (5.79 inches) of rain overnight, the local weather office said. The city's mayor, Murtaza Wahab, in a post on X, urged residents to avoid "unnecessary movement".