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7.8 earthquake 50 km east of Pak-Iran border.

guys i've got to admit my nokia 3310 fell........

sorry for the inconvenience !!!! :undecided:

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I guess it not a joke thread. We are expecting casualties in the region of Earthquake, people may have lost their homes, loved ones, above of all its a sort of Azab and its certainly not a good time for Joke. Be a sensible human being.
 
Hehe...for the first couple of seconds I didnt realize what was happening, by the time I went to the corridor people were peeking out from their doors and earthquake had stopped. When I was coming back and almost entering my house, aftershock.

It wasn't that intense here that I turn into Usain Bolt! :P

I was in the office. Was on the second floor. My chair started shaking. Quickly ran to evacuate the building. :D
 
Assam(4.4) > Arunachal Pradesh(5.3) >Iran - Pakistan Border (7.8).....looks like the Indian plate saw a lot of action today.
 
There was a small break in between.

I was afraid I was fainting and did not get off my seat, it was actually a relief when someone else also noticed it in office.

I was the first one out of the building.

BTW condolences to Iranian friends and swift recovery for injured.
 
My heart weeps for all the innocent souls that have perished in this earthquake. I hope God is with them.
 
That's horrible. :(
May all the victims rest in peace, and condolences to their families.
Mother nature is a mean b.itch :/
 
Iran had another earthquake sometime back, albeit to the North of the country, this one was near Pak border.

FElt it here in Dubai as well, pretty intense...it came in 2 phases

People are still outaide the building but not me, ab 11 loors kaun bhagay itnay say earthquake main!:P

:omghaha: Sir ji tusi gr8 ho

yaar it was pretty intense it came in 3 - 4 phases 3rd one being the biggest......

the funny part is just few sec b4 fishes in my tank started to move aggressively i thought they gone crazy and than ground shook.
 
I was afraid I was fainting and did not get off my seat, it was actually a relief when someone else also noticed it in office.

I was the first one out of the building.

BTW condolences to Iranian friends and swift recovery for injured.

My bed started shaking and I thought my body was going into spasms. Nothing could shake my bed other than disassembling it. It stopped when I stood up and I thought my mind was playing tricks. Sat back down and started again. Made my way downstairs in an orderly manner.
 
The quake was big but lasted short....If it had gone for a few more seconds the devastation would have been massive....
 
Earthquake kills 16 in Balochistan
An earthquake measuring 7.9 hit Balochistan
province and killed at least 16 people on
Tuesday, state radio reported.
Radio Pakistan reported that many more injured
in the Panjgur and Mashkeel area of Balochistan,
bordering Iran.
Nearly 50 people sustained injuries in the port
city of Karachi in the incidents of the roof
collapse.
Over 1‚000 houses in Pakistani areas have been
partially damaged in Balochistan, the report said.
Private television reported that 21 people died
and 60 others were injured.
The military said that rescue teams were
dispatched to the affected areas and have started
relief operation. More rescue teams from the
nearby areas are also being sent to the
earthquake-hit areas.
Army helicopters and medical teams were
dispatched to the areas with tents and food items.
Pakistan’s seismological department says that the
intensity of the tremours in other parts were
recorded 5.4-magnitude on the Richter scale. The
earthquake shook most parts of the country
however parts in Balochistan province, especially
near border with Iran, had been the badly affected
areas, radio Pakistan reported.
Tremors were felt in all parts of Balochistan, the
capital Islamabad, Punjab and Sindh provinces.
The earthquake created panic amongst people
which also caused cracks in several buildings.
In the port city of Karachi, workers and people
run outside and stayed for some time. Buildings
in Karachi were immediately evacuated after the
tremors were felt.
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake Tuesday hit most
parts of Pakistan and killed five people in
Balochistan province, officials said.
According to Azmat Hayat of Meteorological
Department‚ the epicenter of the earthquake
‚ which struck at 3.44 pm‚ was in Iran near
Pakistan border.
To a question‚ he said aftershocks are normal
phenomenon in such major earthquakes.
The US Geological Survey said the quake hit at
10:44 GMT at a depth of 15.2 km.
It was located 201 km (125 miles) southeast of
the Iranian city of Zahedan and 250 km of Turbat
in Pakistan, USGS said.
Three women and two children were killed when
their mud house collapsed in the district of
Panjgur in Balochistan, according to government
officials from the area.
Tremors were felt in all parts of Balochistan, the
capital Islamabad, Punjab and Sindh provinces.
The earthquake created panic amongst people
which also caused cracks in several buildings.
Local media reported that three more people were
killed in a landslide in Dera Ghazi Khan. There
was no official confirmation.
In the port city of Karachi, workers and people
run outside and stayed for some time. Buildings
in Karachi were immediately evacuated after the
tremors were felt.
In Balochistan, the earthquake was felt in Gadani,
Harnai, Chaman and Gwadar.
According to Met Office sources, the intensity of
the earthquake was 5.4 magnitudes in
Balochistan, however, some other geological
sources said that the intensity was recorded at
6.4 magnitude.
Tremors were felt across several Pakistani cities
‚ including Quetta‚ Pishin‚ Killa Abdullah‚ Chaghi
‚ Sibi‚ Jaffarabad‚ Karachi‚ Hyderabad‚ Quetta
‚ Badin‚ Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
Several parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
‚ including Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan and
the Federally Administered Tribal Areas also felt
the jolts.
Meanwhile Iranian state television reported that at
least 40 people have been killed and hundreds
injured in the aftermath.
An Iranian government official said it was the
biggest earthquake in Iran in 40 years and we are
expecting hundreds of deaths.
Tremors from the earthquake were felt as far away
as New Delhi and the Gulf cities of Dubai and
Bahrain.
Across the Gulf‚ high-rise buildings swayed and
officials ordered evacuations.
 
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