7.5 magnitude quake strikes Pakistan, Afghanistan and North India – leaves at least 260 dead

A massive earthquake of 7.5 magnitude on the Richter scale struck the remote Afghan northeast and killed at least 63 people in Afghanistan and 223 in Pakistan and has left hundreds injured. Its shock waves were felt in parts of North India and damaged properties in Jammu and Kashmir. Recue operations are on and the toll could rise.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 27 October 2015.

The US Geological Survey has identified the epicenter of the earthquake as near Jurm in the Hindu Kush Mountains. It is in the sparsely populated province of Badakhshan, which borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China. It said the epicenter was 213-Km deep and 73-Km south of the provincial capital, Fayzabad.
The duration of the massive earthquake was nearly one minute and it was followed by at least two aftershocks of magnitudes 4.8 and 4.7 respectively, according to the USGS.
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