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| People stand on a road after vacating buildings following an earthquake in Srinagar October 26, 2015. © Danish Ismail / Reuters |
Dozens of fatalities and hundreds of injuries have been reported following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit in northern Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. There are fears the reported death toll will rise.
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The total death toll from the earthquake that hit Pakistan, Afghanistan and India has risen to at least 180 as Pakistani officials announced that the number of people killed in the quake in that country has reached 145, AP reports. Inayatullah Khan, Pakistan’s provincial minister, told AP that the death toll only in the Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has increased to 121.
14:19 GMT
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will cut short his visit to the UK and return to his country in the view of the earthquake, his daughter said on Twitter.
13:48 GMT
13:39 GMT
New data released by Pakistani and Afghan officials say that at least 127 people were killed in the quake. At least 94 were killed and over 600 injured in Pakistan, local media reported, citing officials. The death toll in Afghanistan reached 33 people, while over 200 have been injured, officials said.
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Abdullah Abdullah, the chief executive of Afghanistan's government, tweeted that the earthquake was "the strongest one felt in recent decades.”
AP quoted him as writing: “There are reports of heavy casualties caused by the earthquake but exact numbers are yet to be released by government authorities.”
Source: RT
Earlier today, #earthquake triggered landslide in #Hunza at multiple locations.
#HunzaValley #GilgitBaltistan pic.twitter.com/9pNGIxx2zd
— The Hunza Valley (@The_HunzaValley) October 26, 2015
This is what the #PakistanEarthquake did to mountains in Gilgit Baltistan. pic.twitter.com/Rz75ZNh571
— سبینا صدیقی (@sabena_siddiqi) October 26, 2015
14:23 GMT
The total death toll from the earthquake that hit Pakistan, Afghanistan and India has risen to at least 180 as Pakistani officials announced that the number of people killed in the quake in that country has reached 145, AP reports. Inayatullah Khan, Pakistan’s provincial minister, told AP that the death toll only in the Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has increased to 121.
14:19 GMT
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will cut short his visit to the UK and return to his country in the view of the earthquake, his daughter said on Twitter.
At a loss of words to express my grief on the sad day. May Allah protect our beloved homeland. PM Sharif will be leaving for Pak shortly.
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) October 26, 2015
13:48 GMT
#Google launched a Person Finder page to find victims of #Earthquake in #Pakistan. Pls RT! https://t.co/OKpVaC7fk9 pic.twitter.com/YPsRK5INuF
— Umar Mirza (@umarmirza) October 26, 2015
13:39 GMT
New data released by Pakistani and Afghan officials say that at least 127 people were killed in the quake. At least 94 were killed and over 600 injured in Pakistan, local media reported, citing officials. The death toll in Afghanistan reached 33 people, while over 200 have been injured, officials said.
13:17 GMT
PTI Bajaur leaders/workers at Agency HQ Hospital Khar,
Volunteer for blood donation for the #earthquake affectees pic.twitter.com/YlLU1NEIrB
— Shah Zalmay Khan (@ZalmayX) October 26, 2015
13:16 GMT
A Powerful meeting with
@AashishKhetan on Power issue shaking 7th floor #Earthquake
Hope our project impliments. pic.twitter.com/XAq2AgsTA9
— Alka Sahu (@AggaAlka) October 26, 2015
13:04 GMT
Abdullah Abdullah, the chief executive of Afghanistan's government, tweeted that the earthquake was "the strongest one felt in recent decades.”
AP quoted him as writing: “There are reports of heavy casualties caused by the earthquake but exact numbers are yet to be released by government authorities.”
Source: RT
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