Pakistan Army | Balochistan Earthquake relief effort.

[A.Rafay]

Congratulations, you look very happy.

That was before i came to know about lose of life.

 

[Huda]

RIP to the dead

 

[Vassnti]

Just saw this on the news, havent been on a lot of late but wanted to best wishes for all here your friends and families. i hope the casualties are few and the recovery goes well

 

[Skies]

Should the bad thing come at bad time?



Anyway, RIP to the deceased brothers and sisters.

 

[Hack-Hook]

R.I.P to the dead

here is some more news

The quake leaves us with a new island

Earthquake creates new island off Gwadar coastline – The Express Tribune

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 45 people in Balochistan, besides creating a new island off the Gwadar coastline in its wake, Express News reported.

Tremors were felt as far as the Indian capital New Delhi.

The quake struck at 4:29 pm local time (1129 GMT) around 100 kilometres (60 miles) southwest of the city of Khuzdar in Balochistan province, at a depth of 15 kilometres.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) measured the earthquake at magnitude 7.8, recording its duration as eight seconds.

On the Gwadar coastline, the quake created a small island about half a mile into the sea near an area called ‘Jhanda’, according to Express News.

The newly appearing island is said to have a mountainous terrain rising up to a hundred feet. A large crowd was seen gathering at the site to see the new island.

The area of the epicentre is sparsely populated, but the USGS issued a red alert for the quake, warning that heavy casualties were likely, based on past data.

A senior Pakistani meteorologist, Muhammad Riaz, told Dunya TV station it was a “major” earthquake and “heavy destruction” was likely.

Minor tremors were felt as far away as New Delhi, while office workers in the city of Ahmedabad near the border with Pakistan ran out of buildings and into the street.

Mumtaz Baluch, senior local administration official in Awaran district, 350 kilometres southwest of Quetta, told AFP: “There are reports of houses being collapsed in the district due to earthquake.”

“We have dispatched our teams to the affected area to ascertain the losses.”

In April a 7.8-magnitude quake centred in southeast Iran, close to the border with Baluchistan, killed 41 people and affected more than 12,000 on the Pakistan side of the border.

People working in offices Karachi rushed out of their building and sat on the footpaths along the roads or stood away from the buildings.

“My work table jerked a bit and again and I impulsively rushed outside,” Noor Jabeen, a 28-year woman working for an insurance company said while breathing heavily.

“It was not so intense but it was terrible,” said Owais Khan, who works for a provincial government office.

“Whenever I feel jolts it reminds me of the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir,” said Amjad Ali, 45, IT official standing on the road said.

this may be trouble for Gwadar if the quack had changed the sea bed that much it can be trouble for the big ships that want to approach the port

 

[khanboy007]

this may be trouble for Gwadar if the quack had changed the sea bed that much it can be trouble for the big ships that want to approach the port

depends on what side of the port it is on , but you may see that there was one in the past too but it was mostly mud and it settled out, it was in hingol....i dont think it has a strong stand either as its just 40ft-100ft high (height varies per report) so the possibilities are that it may be mud.... lets hope for the best

here have a look this video was shared by @W.11

 

[W.11]

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[T-123456]

Rest in peace to the dead,patience to the nation,may this be the last bad thing that happened to Pakistan.

 

[Durrak]

150 people lost their lives in the incident (As reported) ... Such a huge disaster ..


RIP

 

[Sugarcane]

150 people lost their lives in the incident (As reported) ... Such a huge disaster ..


RIP

150????? That's too much, previously there were reports of 18

 

[Durrak]

150????? That's too much, previously there were reports of 18

Yeah heard that on 12:00 AM's news headline.. I was looking for a news on internet but they haven't published recent figures till now ..

The rate of causalities can be increased ..

http://tribune.com.pk/story/608602/earthquake-strikes-pakistan/

 

[livingdead]

just read on bbc ... says 45 dead... luckily it happened in day time.

 

[Durrak]

just read on bbc ... says 45 dead... luckily it happened in day time.

Express news tribune reported 150 deaths ..

 

[Azizam]

Any clear pictures of the island? I searched all over the internet but couldn't find

 

[Durrak]

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