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7.5 quake, lasting a minute, shakes buildings in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India

7.5 quake, lasting a minute, shakes buildings in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-10-26 11:01 GMT
Nearly 280 people were killed Monday when a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake centred in the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan ripped across South Asia, toppling buildings, triggering stampedes and knocking out communication lines.
In picture , huge portion of Historical Reasi Fort turns into debris as tremors rock J&K. 
 
In photo, Ghazni city's entrance gate after the powerful earthquake. 
The quake was 213 km (132 miles) deep and centered 254 km (158 miles) northeast of Kabul in a remote area of Afghanistan in the Hindu Kush mountain range. The U.S. Geological Survey initially measured the quake's intensity at 7.7 then revised it
People rush outside their homes during an earthquake in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan rocked cities across South Asia. (Photo: AP)
Live footage from an Afghan news broadcast filmed in Kabul showed the anchor abandoning his desk as the quake shook the cameras.
Traffic came to a halt in downtown Kabul, with frightened people getting out of their cars as they waited for the quake to stop.
The quake, which lasted at least one minute, shook buildings in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, sending thousands of frightened people rushing into the streets.
The quake was centred near Jurm in northeast Afghanistan, 250 kilometres (160 miles) from the capital Kabul and at a depth of 213.5 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.
Bystanders rushed the dazed and terrified survivors to hospital, many lying limp in the arms of their rescuers, as doctors tried reviving some of them by pumping their chests manually.
A dozen Afghan schoolgirls, all under 16, were trampled to death in the remote northern province of Takhar as they rushed to escape their classrooms when the quake struck.
But large swathes of Badakhshan, the remote province where the epicentre is located, and other areas are effectively controlled by the Taliban, posing a huge challenge to any official aid efforts.
Afghan officials said at least 63 people were confirmed dead and hundreds more injured, with casualties reported from around half a dozen of the country's 34 provinces.
Many people were trapped under piles of rubble, with officials warning that the toll was set to rise.
The bulk of the casualties were reported from Pakistan, where 214 people were killed and more than 1,800 injured, disaster management authorities said.
In the most horrifying tragedy to emerge so far from the quake, 12 young Afghan girls were crushed to death in a stampede as they tried to flee their shaking school building.
The full scale of the disaster and human toll was unclear when night fell over the remote and rugged terrain as authorities in Pakistan and Afghanistan rushed to mount rescue efforts.
7.5 quake, lasting a minute, shakes buildings in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India

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