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Saturday, October 08, 2005

North Pakistan hit by EarthQuake

Hundreds of people are feared dead and several villages wiped out in north Pakistan in the country's worst earthquake in 20 years, according to Pakistan's interior minister.A powerful quake hit several parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan and northern India this morning. It measured 7.6 on the Richter scale, according to the US Geological Survey.
The epicentre of the quake was at Shipal Masjid, 95 km north-northeast of Islamabad.In Pakistan's capital Islamabad, buildings shook and walls swayed for about a minute just before 9 am local time.