Strong earthquake hits Pakistan, north India, Afghanistan
{{date|October 8, 2005}}
[[Image:2005 Indian Subcontinent Earthquake Location.jpg|thumb|right|Epicenter of the quake]]
The strongest earthquake (7.6) that [[w:South Asia|South Asia]] experienced in the last century caused widespread damage across [[Pakistan]], North [[India]], and [[Afghanistan]] this morning. Strongest hit was apparently [[Kashmir]]. Tens of thousands of people are feared dead. The epicenter was close to [[Muzaffarabad]], 138 km to the north of [[w:Islamabad|Islamabad]], and also caused severe damage from both shaking and from landslides to [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/south_asia_enl_1128852117/html/1.stm Balakot], [[:w:Garhi Habibullah|Garhi Habibullah]] and one village in [[:w:Rawalakot|Rawalakot]]. 

Reports on fatalities are conflicting, but even the most conservative estimates put the toll as high as 20,000. Pakistani President [[Pervez Musharraf]] told the BBC he knew of 20,000 people that were killed but added: "I wouldn't be able to make an accurate assessment for days." He also asked for international help and specifically requested large cargo helicopters to supply remote areas. The US has come forward to assist by providing eight military helicopters. The communications minister for the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, Tariq Mahmmod, said on Sunday, that "more than 30,000" died in his region alone. Aside from Kashmir most of the deaths occurred in the North-West Province of Pakistan and other northern areas. The estimated death toll has now reached 35,000.

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<div style="text-align: center">'''International Aid''' (US Dollars)</div>
* United States: $50 million
* Canada: $17 million
* European Union: $4.3 million
* Australia: $4.2 million
* United Kingdom: $1.8 million
* Germany: $1.2 million
* Ireland: $1.2 million
* Japan: $260,000
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Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, a spokesman for Musharraf, said the scale of the devastation was the biggest Pakistan has ever seen. As emergency workers searched for trapped people and helped the injured, an international relief and recovery effort geared up.

A [[United Nations|U.N.]] disaster relief team was due in [[Islamabad]], the Pakistani capital, on Sunday. [[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[Germany]], and the [[United States]] were among countries offering aid. [[w:India|India]], Pakistan's neighbour and longtime rival, also offered aid ([[Nations begin to offer aid to regions afflicted by Indian subcontinent earthquake|details]]). A British team from the [[:w:International Rescue Corps|International Rescue Corps]] was assisting in the operation at Marghalla Towers on Sunday, equipped with heat-seeking detectors, portable oxygen bags, and advanced slab and metal cutters. According to Pakistan Television this meant that "rescue efforts are picking up pace, and lot of time is being saved."

[[Image:Magnitude 7 6 - PAKISTAN 20051008035038 gul pakistan quake margalla towers 210 eng 8oct05 0.jpg|thumb|A destroyed apartment building in Islamabad]]
The tremors began at 8:50 am (03:50 GMT), and continued for two minutes, followed by several aftershocks over a period of ten minutes. Initial reports said that they were felt in Delhi, Islamabad, Lahore, Quetta, Kabul, Punjab, Jammu, Kashmir, and other areas. A magnitude 6.3 aftershock occurred seven hours later just to the northwest.

The earthquake caused several apartment buildings in [[Islamabad]] to collapse, trapping hundreds of people.

250 children were killed in Gari Habi Ullaha between [[w:Mansehra|Mansehra]] and Muzaffarabad when their school collapsed.

The Pakistani Interior Ministry reports that several villages were "wiped out." Pakistan's army has been directed to extend all out help to the civil population in the quake-hit areas. All civil and military hospitals have been directed to deal with the situation on an emergency basis. The President and the Prime Minister have appealed to the nation to stay calm in the face of the calamity, and asked the authorities concerned to carry out an immediate assessment of the extent of the damage.

The Pakistani Prime Minister [[Shaukat Aziz]] talked by telephone with authorities in four provinces and Azad Kashmir.  He directed them to utilize all machinery, and make all possible efforts to help the victims. He said that the whole federal administration, civil and military authorities had been alerted and relief goods had been provided to them for the victims of the quake.
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Most of the roads are closed in the Northern Sector near the earthquake, and some have been completely washed out, so the Pakistani army is flying supplies in by helicopter. Telephone and electricity connections have been cut to towns such as Muzaffarabad, making logistical operations much more complex. The heavy rains have also contributed to the suffering of the many thousands who are now homeless.

Across the line of control in Indian-administered [[Jammu and Kashmir]], officials said Saturday that more than 465 people, at least 34 of them soldiers, were killed in the quake.

Worst hit in India was the town of Uri, close to the border with Pakistan, where four in five of the town's buildings were leveled, and at least 120 people lost their lives. Officials in India have been criticised for the slow pace and lack of organisation in the relief effort[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4339522.stm].

* '''Magnitude: 7.6'''
* Region: North [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]]
* Time: ([[w:UTC|UTC]]) Sat Oct 8 03:50:38 2005 (08:50:38 local time)
* Epicentre: 80km (50 miles) north-east of Islamabad, Pakistan

{{wikipediapar|2005 Kashmir earthquake}}

== Appeals For Donations ==
===Canada===
*[http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=014928&tid=001 Canadian Red Cross]
*[http://www.unicef.ca/news/displayNewsItem.phpid=141&PHPSESSID=9f2bb1eff132848e16e6dcbcdad9f8a1  Unicef]
*[https://www1.worldvision.ca/CampaignsSecDM2.nsf/PakistanQuake10-05?OpenForm&id=03185501 World Vision Canada]

===India===
* [http://www.indianredcross.org/donation.html Indian Red Cross donation page]

===United Kingdom===
* [http://www.dec.org.uk/  Disasters Emergency Committee (UK) ]
* [http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/pakistan_earthquake.htm SOS Children]
* [http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/emergencies/country/asian_quake/index.htm Oxfam (UK)]

===Religious Donations===
* [http://www.irw.org/asiaquake/ Islamic Relief donation page]

===Aid Agencies===

CNN's list of Aid Agencies : http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/quake.aid/index.html

The Network for Good's list of Aid Agencies : http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/international/earthquake/southasia100805.aspx?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=NEWS&RTP=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051009/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_quake

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4323008.stm
|title=Quake's terrible toll is revealed
|author=
|pub=BBC News
|date=October 09, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/quake.pakistan/
|title=Pakistan puts quake toll at 18,000
|author=CNN's Satinder Bindra, Syed Mohsin Naqvi and John Raedler as well as journalists Mukhtar Ahmed and Tom Coghlan contributed to this report.
|pub=CNN
|date=October 09, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/09Oct2005_news00.php
|title=Pakistan says at least 18,000 dead in massive quake
|author=dpa agency
|pub=dpa
|date=October 09, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://ptv.com.pk/webptv/top-story.asp 
|title=Strong Earthquake
|author=
|pub=Pakistan Television Corp Ltd
|date=October 09, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4322624.stm
|title=Quake Impact at a glance
|author=
|pub=BBC News
|date=October 09, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4325570.stm
|title=UK teams hunt for quake survivors
|author=
|pub=BBC News
|date=October 10, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/nb_rm_fs.stm?nbram=1&news=1&bbwm=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1
|title=Latest footage from Pakistan and Kashmir
|author=
|pub=BBC News
|date=October 08, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://geo.tv/main_files/pakistan.aspx?id=90654 
|title=Strong quake jolts Pakistan
|author=
|pub=Geo Television
|date=October 08, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Maps/10/75_35.html 
|title= Earthquake map
|author=
|pub=U.S. Geological Survey
|date=October 08, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/show_map.pl?lon=73.5374&lat=34.4322&magn=7.6&mode=each_quake&layer=background&layer=plates
|title= Earthquake Locator
|author=
|pub=Edinburgh earth observatory
|date=October 08, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/quake.pakistan/
|title=Toll rises in major Asian quake
|author=Satinder Bindra
|pub=CNN
|date=October 08, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://de.news.yahoo.com/051008/12/4pvbg.html
|title=E i l Hunderte Tote in Pakistan befürchtet
|author=
|pub=AP
|date=October 08, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://dawn.com/2005/10/08/welcome.htm
|title=Pakistan earthquake news coverage from across Pakistan
|author=
|pub=Dawn Newspaper
|date=October 08, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20051008/sc_afp/quakepakistanindia_051008100346
|title=More than 1,000 feared dead in Pakistan from quake: military
|author=
|pub=AFP
|date=October 08, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4321490.stm 
|title=Hundreds die in South Asia quake
|author=
|pub=BBC News
|date=October 08, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051009/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_quake;_ylt=AhE7TqLn2aBnD1ymeL0.wsms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
|title=Survivors Sought in South Asia Earthquake
|author=
|pub=AP
|date=October 08, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,378921,00.html
|title=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,378921,00.html
|author=
|pub=Der Spiegel
|date=October 09, 2005}}

==See also==
* [http://pakistan.wikicities.com/wiki/Earthquake_10-05 WikiPakistan (a Wikicity) page on the quake]

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Epicenter of the quake
The strongest earthquake (7.6) that South Asia experienced in the last century caused widespread damage across Pakistan, North India, and Afghanistan this morning. Strongest hit was apparently Kashmir. Tens of thousands of people are feared dead. The epicenter was close to Muzaffarabad, 138 km to the north of Islamabad, and also caused severe damage from both shaking and from landslides to  Balakot, Garhi Habibullah and one village in Rawalakot. 

Reports on fatalities are conflicting, but even the most conservative estimates put the toll as high as 20,000. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf told the BBC he knew of 20,000 people that were killed but added: "I wouldn't be able to make an accurate assessment for days." He also asked for international help and specifically requested large cargo helicopters to supply remote areas. The US has come forward to assist by providing eight military helicopters. The communications minister for the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, Tariq Mahmmod, said on Sunday, that "more than 30,000" died in his region alone. Aside from Kashmir most of the deaths occurred in the North-West Province of Pakistan and other northern areas. The estimated death toll has now reached 35,000.


'International Aid' (US Dollars)
* United States: $50 million
* Canada: $17 million
* European Union: $4.3 million
* Australia: $4.2 million
* United Kingdom: $1.8 million
* Germany: $1.2 million
* Ireland: $1.2 million
* Japan: $260,000


Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, a spokesman for Musharraf, said the scale of the devastation was the biggest Pakistan has ever seen. As emergency workers searched for trapped people and helped the injured, an international relief and recovery effort geared up.

A U.N. disaster relief team was due in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, on Sunday. Britain, Germany, and the United States were among countries offering aid. India, Pakistan's neighbour and longtime rival, also offered aid (details). A British team from the International Rescue Corps was assisting in the operation at Marghalla Towers on Sunday, equipped with heat-seeking detectors, portable oxygen bags, and advanced slab and metal cutters. According to Pakistan Television this meant that "rescue efforts are picking up pace, and lot of time is being saved."

A destroyed apartment building in Islamabad
The tremors began at 8:50 am (03:50 GMT), and continued for two minutes, followed by several aftershocks over a period of ten minutes. Initial reports said that they were felt in Delhi, Islamabad, Lahore, Quetta, Kabul, Punjab, Jammu, Kashmir, and other areas. A magnitude 6.3 aftershock occurred seven hours later just to the northwest.

The earthquake caused several apartment buildings in Islamabad to collapse, trapping hundreds of people.

250 children were killed in Gari Habi Ullaha between Mansehra and Muzaffarabad when their school collapsed.

The Pakistani Interior Ministry reports that several villages were "wiped out." Pakistan's army has been directed to extend all out help to the civil population in the quake-hit areas. All civil and military hospitals have been directed to deal with the situation on an emergency basis. The President and the Prime Minister have appealed to the nation to stay calm in the face of the calamity, and asked the authorities concerned to carry out an immediate assessment of the extent of the damage.

The Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz talked by telephone with authorities in four provinces and Azad Kashmir.  He directed them to utilize all machinery, and make all possible efforts to help the victims. He said that the whole federal administration, civil and military authorities had been alerted and relief goods had been provided to them for the victims of the quake.


Most of the roads are closed in the Northern Sector near the earthquake, and some have been completely washed out, so the Pakistani army is flying supplies in by helicopter. Telephone and electricity connections have been cut to towns such as Muzaffarabad, making logistical operations much more complex. The heavy rains have also contributed to the suffering of the many thousands who are now homeless.

Across the line of control in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Saturday that more than 465 people, at least 34 of them soldiers, were killed in the quake.

Worst hit in India was the town of Uri, close to the border with Pakistan, where four in five of the town's buildings were leveled, and at least 120 people lost their lives. Officials in India have been criticised for the slow pace and lack of organisation in the relief effort.

* 'Magnitude: 7.6'
* Region: North India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
* Time: (UTC) Sat Oct 8 03:50:38 2005 (08:50:38 local time)
* Epicentre: 80km (50 miles) north-east of Islamabad, Pakistan

CNN's list of Aid Agencies : http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/quake.aid/index.html

The Network for Good's list of Aid Agencies : http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/international/earthquake/southasia100805.aspx?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=NEWS&RTP=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051009/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_quake

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