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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake in Afghanistan |
2015-12-26 |
![]() It caused buildings to sway in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, an AFP journalist said, and Twitter users as far away as New Delhi said they felt the quake's impact. A Pakistani official said that a strong earthquake struck the region, rattling buildings and forcing sleeping residents in the capital, Islamabad, out of their homes. A Twitter user in Peshawar tweeted over a dozen people are hospitalized in the Pakistani city. In October, a 7.5-magnitude quake ripped across Pakistan and Afghanistan, killing almost 400 people and flattening buildings in rugged terrain that impeded relief efforts. |
Posted by:Steve White |
#1 More lost in Chinese 'trashslide'. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2015-12-26 11:17 |