QUETTA, PAKISTAN-A major earthquake hit a remote part of western Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 45 people and prompting a new island to rise from the sea just off the country's southern coast.
Tremors were felt as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi, hundreds of kilometres to the east, where buildings shook, as well as the sprawling port city of Karachi in Pakistan.
The United States Geological Survey said the 7.8 magnitude quake struck 235 km southeast of Dalbandin in Pakistan's quake-prone province of Baluchistan, which borders Iran.
The earthquake was so powerful that it caused the seabed to rise and create a small, mountain-like island about 600 metres off Pakistan's Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea.
Television channels showed images of a stretch of rocky terrain rising above the sea level, with a crowd of bewildered people gathering on the shore to witness the rare phenomenon.
Officials said scores of mud houses were destroyed by aftershocks in the thinly populated mountainous area near the quake epicenter in Baluchistan, a huge barren province of deserts and rugged mountains.
Abdul Qadoos, deputy speaker of the Baluchistan assembly, told Reuters that at least 30 per cent of houses in the impoverished Awaran district had caved in.
The local deputy commissioner in Awaran, Abdul Rasheed Gogazai, and the spokesman of Pakistan's Frontier Corps involved in the rescue effort said at least 45 people had been killed.
In the regional capital of Quetta, officials said some areas appeared to be badly damaged but it was hard to assess the impact quickly because the locations were so remote.
Chief secretary Babar Yaqoob said earlier that 25 people had been injured and that the death toll was expected to increase as many people appeared to be trapped inside their collapsed homes.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/09/24/pakistan_hit_by_major_earthquake.html
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Tsunami warning after 7.0 earthquake off Peru coast
Some homes crumbled and a tsunami warning was issued after a 7.0 earthquake struck just off Peru’s southern coast. The impact caused buildings in the Peruvian capital, Lima, to shake, despite the city being 480 kilometers away.
“Earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within 100 kilometers of the earthquake epicenters,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a statement. The center advised authorities to act appropriately.
The quake struck just 80 kilometers from the nearest Peruvian city, Acari, according to the US Geological Survey, with its epicenter at a depth of 33 kilometers. The quake had originally been measured at a magnitude of 6.8.
While no deaths or injuries were immediately reported, homes in the province of Caraveli in Arequipa crumbled in the shock.
“Houses have fallen, walls have fallen, especially those made out of adobe…but there has been no report of a loss of human life,” Santiago Neyra, a town mayor in the region, told RPP radio.
A hill reportedly started collapsing in the area, a resident told the station, blocking a highway.
Heavy earthquakes in Peru are a fairly common occurrence as the country lies between two tectonic plates. In 2007, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake lasting three minutes struck Pisco, on Peru’s central shore, killing 595 and injuring 3,000. A Tsunami warning was issued, stretching as far as Hawaii.
On Tuesday, an earthquake of 7.7 struck southern Pakistan , and was felt as far as New Delhi, the capital of neighboring India, leaving at least 327 people dead and over 350 injured. A new island was created in its wake.
I agree with you Hellen.
I think Mother gave us an opportunity to prepare ourselves .
To connect with her so that synchronicity will keep us safe from th adjustments she needs to make moving forward.
and if you follow the seismic activity over the last year or so it is fairly obvious that she's been holding back.
Or that our Galactic friends have been keeping a lid on the strength of the quakes..
I read somewhere a few days ago that there are adjustments being made to her rotation.
hang on to your fillings.....