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Didnt feel a thing, as I was watching "Definatly, Maybe" and "How I met your mother"
again coincidence .. I am watching "Definatly, Maybe" rite now
Major 7.2 earthquake hits SW Pakistan
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again coincidence .. I am watching "Definatly, Maybe" rite now
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I was sitting on my bed in Quetta and it surely didn't feel like 7.2.I thing the scales went haywire or something
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I was sitting on my bed in Quetta and it surely didn't feel like 7.2.I thing the scales went haywire or something
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7.2 temblor jolts Pakistan, 200 structures damaged
AP, Jan 19, 2011
ISLAMABAD: A powerful earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale that hit a remote area of southwest Pakistan on Wednesday shook the ground from Delhi to Dubai, damaging about 200 structures though there were no reports of direct casualties.
However, two women - one in Jacobabad in Sindh province and another at Quetta in Balochistan - died of heart attacks during the quake while three persons were taken to hospital at Multan in Punjab after suffering cardiac arrest, Geo News channel reported.
Initial reports indicated that around 200 mud houses near the epicentre of the quake in Balochistan province were damaged though there were no reports of loss of lives, National Disaster Management Authority Chairman Nadeem Ahmed said.
The earthquake occurred at 1:23 am Pakistan time at a depth of 84 km, the US Geological Survey said.
Its epicentre was 45 km west of Dalbandin, a remote town in Balochistan with a population of 15,000.
Pakistan Meteorological Department Director Arif Mahmood said the quake was felt in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan and parts of Iran and India.
He said quakes of such magnitude in the past were followed by aftershocks.
Footage on television showed people fleeing their homes in several cities, including Quetta and Karachi, and gathering in streets and open spaces.
Some men prayed while women read from the Quran. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani directed the National Disaster Management Authority to keep relief provisions ready for dealing with any emergency in the aftermath of the quake.
He directed the NDMA to rush tents, blankets, medicine and food to Quetta as a "standby arrangement for quick delivery if required".
A contingency plan was also finalised during a meeting between the prime minister and the NDMA chief this morning.
Gilani said army, paramilitary and law enforcement personnel should be sent to make an assessment of quake-affected districts.
Officials said there were apparently no casualties at the epicentre because the region is sparsely populated.
People living near the epicentre in Kalat, Dalbadin and Kharan districts told CNN some mud-walled homes were damaged but no one was hurt.
People in Balochistan and Sindh said they had felt buildings sway during the quake.
The temblor shook the cities of Hyderabad, Quetta, Jaffarabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Multan and Sargodha. Residents of high-rise buildings in Karachi rushed out into the streets.
AP, Jan 19, 2011
ISLAMABAD: A powerful earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale that hit a remote area of southwest Pakistan on Wednesday shook the ground from Delhi to Dubai, damaging about 200 structures though there were no reports of direct casualties.
However, two women - one in Jacobabad in Sindh province and another at Quetta in Balochistan - died of heart attacks during the quake while three persons were taken to hospital at Multan in Punjab after suffering cardiac arrest, Geo News channel reported.
Initial reports indicated that around 200 mud houses near the epicentre of the quake in Balochistan province were damaged though there were no reports of loss of lives, National Disaster Management Authority Chairman Nadeem Ahmed said.
The earthquake occurred at 1:23 am Pakistan time at a depth of 84 km, the US Geological Survey said.
Its epicentre was 45 km west of Dalbandin, a remote town in Balochistan with a population of 15,000.
Pakistan Meteorological Department Director Arif Mahmood said the quake was felt in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan and parts of Iran and India.
He said quakes of such magnitude in the past were followed by aftershocks.
Footage on television showed people fleeing their homes in several cities, including Quetta and Karachi, and gathering in streets and open spaces.
Some men prayed while women read from the Quran. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani directed the National Disaster Management Authority to keep relief provisions ready for dealing with any emergency in the aftermath of the quake.
He directed the NDMA to rush tents, blankets, medicine and food to Quetta as a "standby arrangement for quick delivery if required".
A contingency plan was also finalised during a meeting between the prime minister and the NDMA chief this morning.
Gilani said army, paramilitary and law enforcement personnel should be sent to make an assessment of quake-affected districts.
Officials said there were apparently no casualties at the epicentre because the region is sparsely populated.
People living near the epicentre in Kalat, Dalbadin and Kharan districts told CNN some mud-walled homes were damaged but no one was hurt.
People in Balochistan and Sindh said they had felt buildings sway during the quake.
The temblor shook the cities of Hyderabad, Quetta, Jaffarabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Multan and Sargodha. Residents of high-rise buildings in Karachi rushed out into the streets.
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I hope that no one died,but news channels showed that 2 were dead in pakistan?
I hope it's false!
i also hope its not true!
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I hope that no one died,but news channels showed that 2 were dead in pakistan?
I hope it's false!
They died because they got a heart attack from the shaking and stuff. That's what Geo was reporting.
But people should know that Pakistan is located on 2 fault lines. One day that major earthquake is going to happen, cities like Islamabad,Lahore and Karachi are all going to be victim of it.
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