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Pakistan Army | Balochistan Earthquake relief effort.

i dont think that distance from the fault line matters

Well thats the main factor in if the roof fall on you or only you see the chandeliers move

By the way thanks God that the center of the earthquack was deep below the earth crest that fact alone saved alot of lifes .
 
RIP who died in this Disastrous Earthquake ,
I just heard that Nearly 150,000 people are going to be affected with this earthquake.
may ALLAH give patience to them .
 
Well thats the main factor in if the roof fall on you or only you see the chandeliers move

By the way thanks God that the center of the earthquack was deep below the earth crest that fact alone saved alot of lifes .

i agree with you, the kind of magnitude it had, thank god that any mjor clamity didnt happen

32 killed in Pakistan earthquake

KARACHI: At least 32 people have been killed as a powerful earthquake struck southwest Pakistan on Tuesday.

According to the Meteorological Department, the epicentre of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake was 120Km southwest of Khuzdar in Balochistan province at a depth of 10 kilometres. The US Geological Survey measured the earthquake at 7.8.

Tremors which began at 16:29 (PST) were felt for two minutes in several cities of Sindh and Balochistan.

Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch declared emergency in Awaran district which was the most affected by the earthquake. At least 32 people were killed when their homes and the building of a school collapsed. Officials said the tremors demolished dozens of mud houses and it was feared that the death toll would increase. FC sources said that a Levies Force camp was also damaged in the Labash area of Awaran.

Pakistan army soldiers have left for the affected district to begin rescue efforts.

Speaking to Geo News, Chief Meteorologist Muhammad Riaz said: “this was a major earthquake and heavy destruction is likely.”

Residents of cities where tremors were left ran out of their offices and homes onto the roads. Apart from Awaran there have been no reports of major damage or loss of life in other cities.

Light tremors were also felt in Northern India, Iran, UAE and Oman.

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.

A 7.6 magnitude quake in 2005 centred in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, killed at least 73,000 people and left several million homeless in one of the worst natural disasters to hit Pakistan.


 
This is very sad...I hope the govt/military is quick to respond to relief efforts.
 
May the dead rest in peace. According to this report, a rescue operation is already underway. May God help the victims of this earthquake.
 
R.I.P to the dead :cray:

here is some more news

The quake leaves us with a new island

Earthquake creates new island off Gwadar coastline – The Express Tribune

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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.
 
R.I.P to the dead :undecided:
Pakistan helped us every time we needed so its our turn to pay back, Turkey must send help immadiately to this firendly country.
 
We send our deepest heartfelt condolences to the victims families.

Ali Khan

Do you phuck you terrorist

now go bathe your boyfriend & drink the water

RIP...

Hopefully there isn't more loss of life
 
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