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List of earthquakes in Pakistan
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A major 7.
2 magnitude earthquake rocked a remote area of southwestern Pakistan early Wednesday, shaking many parts of the country and causing tremors as far away as India and the United Arab Emirates.The quake was centered in Baluchistan province, the country's most sparsely populated area, said the United States Geological Service, occurring at 1:30 a.m. local time at a depth of some 50 miles (84 kilometers.Its epicenter was in a remote area some 200 miles (320 kilometers) southwest of the Baluchistan capital of Quetta, said chief Pakistani meteorologist Arif Mahmood, not far from the Afghan border.The closest town to the epicenter was Dalbandin, with a population around 15,000 people, and is so remote that the nearby Chagai hills were the site of Pakistan's 1998 nuclear tests.There was no word on damage in Dalbandin. But another town close to the epicenter, Karan, suffered no major damage, said Fateh Bangar, Karan's deputy commissioner. The town was some 45 miles (70 kilometers) from...
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Americans are giving a paltry amount for relief efforts in flood-stricken Pakistan compared to other overseas disasters. They were more than 40 times more generous f...
IMAM DHERI, Pakistan (AP) — This village in Pakistan's troubled Swat Valley suffered through years of Taliban rule and months of battles between Islamist militants a...
MAKLI, Pakistan (AP) — The U.S. special envoy to Pakistan sought to highlight Washington's aid efforts Wednesday during his first visit since massive floods devastat...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million — more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunam...
ZHOUQU, China (AP) — Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage Monday searching for more than 1,300 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck northwestern ...
ZHOUQU, China (AP) — Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the...
Green June beetles beware: The draft never ended. You may be called upon to serve your country.Military, commercial and academic defense research teams have been bus...
Suspected militants armed with assault rifles and a homemade bomb attacked the offices of a U.S.-based Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northweste...
LONDON (AP) — Crops destroyed, millions homeless, children hungry. The scenes from flood-hit Pakistan are wrenching — but the global response has been criticized as ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations appeared to have met its target of $460 million in immediate aid for flood-stricken Pakistan on Thursday after the U.S. and ...
The United States Geological Service has reported a major earthquake in a remote area in southwestern Pakistan measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale.The earthquake stru...
A major 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked a remote area of southwestern Pakistan early Wednesday, shaking many parts of the country and causing tremors as far away as ...
An avalanche that buried more than 120 soldiers in a Himalayan region close to India has put a spotlight on what critics say is one of world's most pointless militar...
An avalanche that buried more than 120 soldiers in a Himalayan region close to India has put a spotlight on what critics say is one of world's most pointless militar...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The influx of foreign aid after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake significantly increased survivors' trust in the West, according to new research that als...
A meteorology official says a strong earthquake has shaken large areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan .There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the e...
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