Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places
Earthquake rocks Afghanistan
Published: Nov. 25, 2010 at 8:41 AM
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Pakistan was rocked by a 5.0
magnitude earthquake near its Afghan border Thursday, but there were no
immediate reports of casualties, an official said.
The temblor, centered in the Hindu Kush mountain range in Pakistan's
northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, lasted 10 to 12 seconds when it
struck at 2:27 p.m. local time (4:27 a.m. EST), Chief Meteorologist
Arif Mehmood said.
It triggered panic among local people, he said.
Several cities, including the provincial capital Peshawar and the
national capital Islamabad, felt the tremors, the nation's independent
Geo TV network reported.
A magnitude 4.9 quake shook the same area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nov. 15.
A devastating magnitude magnitude 7.6 quake shook Pakistan, Afghanistan
and India Oct. 8, 2005, killing more than 73,000 people and leaving 3.5
million homeless, many in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.