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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Oct. 8
(Xinhuanet) -- One people was killed and 50 other injured in Baramulla of
India-controlled Kashmir in a 7.6-scale earthquake that hit Pakistan and north
India Saturday morning.
The road between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad was
blocked by landslide and houses were reported damage in Poonch District.
The earthquake scaled 7.6 in the Richer scale by the
Indian Meteorological Department. The epicenter was located 70 km away from
Muzaffarabad of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and 92 km from Pakistan capital
Islambad, according to the NDTV reports.
The first tremor was felt at 9:25 am Friday in
India-controlled Kashmir, north India's Uttaranchal, Punjab, Rajasthan, west
India's Gujarat and the capital city Delhi.
Strong quakes have driven people out of their homes
in Srinagarin India-controlled Kashmir, according to NDTV reports.
High rise buildings were left particularly shaken by
the tremor lasting for about minutes in Delhi.
In Pakistan, the earthquake rocked major cities of
Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi and other parts of country on
Saturday morning.
The quake shook buildings of Islamabad, capital of
Pakistan, for about one minute at around 8:55 a.m. The water tank on the top of
the office building of the Xinhua branch spilled out on the roof.
According to a Xinhua reporter on the spot, residents
in Islamabad ran out of houses to stay in the open air.
Many houses collapsed in the northern Pakistani
districts of Kohistan and Batgram and an unknown number of people injured were
rushed to hospital, the reports said.
At least eight people were injured in Lahore, the
capital of Punjab province. Enditem |