Nine die in Pakistan and two in Afghanistan from magnitude 6.5 event, with more than 200 people injured
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has rattled much of Pakistan and, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices, and frightening people even in remote villages. At least nine people died in Pakistan and two in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday
Faizi and other officials said nine people were killed when roofs collapsed in various parts of north-western Pakistan during the quake late on Tuesday. The nine people who died in north-west Pakistan included five men, two women and two children.and also felt in bordering Tajikistan. In Afghanistan, Sharafat Zaman Amar, Taliban’s appointed spokesman for the public health ministry said, so far at least two people died and around 20 others were injured in the earthquake.
The US Geological Survey said the centre of the magnitude 6.5 quake was 40km south-south-east of Jurm in Afghanistan’s mountainous Hindukush region, bordering Pakistan and Tajikistan. It said the depth of the earthquake was 187.6 km . “I quickly thought that it is a big one, and we left the restaurant and came out,” he said. He said he saw hundreds of people standing on the streets.
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