Monday, April 11, 2016

Earthquake in Delhi: North India, Pakistan hit by strong 6.8 magnitude quake; 6 dead, 28 injured | The Financial Express

Earthquake in Delhi: North India, Pakistan hit by strong 6.8 magnitude quake; 6 dead, 28 injured | The Financial Express: "Earthquake in Delhi: In Pakistan, in all 6 people have been killed – two people died in Buner and Swat areas of KP province, while one died in Diamer area of Gilgit-Baltistan region, an official of the National Disaster Management Authority said, and added 28 people were reported injured in the provincial capital Peshawar alone. In India, However, as can be seen in this Reuters photo some damage was caused (man clears debris after his house partially collapsed following the earthquake, in Srinagar, Kashmir). People in Kashmir and Chandigarh were seen rushing out of their homes into open areas in panic. “The earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale at a depth of 190 km hit Hindukush mountain region at 3:58 PM,” said J L Gautam, Operations Head of National Centre for Seismology in Delhi."



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