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The 2005 Indian Subcontinent earthquake occurred on October 8, 2005 at 03:50:38 UTC in the Kashmir India - Pakistan border region at 34°25′55″ N 73°32′13″ E. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) give its magnitude as 7.6 with an epicenter about 100 kilometers (60 miles) north-northeast of Islamabad at the depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the surface. Japan's Meteorological Agency gave it a magnitude of 7.8. The Eathquake is classified as a Major Earthquake by USGS. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Atlantic hurricane season • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak in Asia • Bali bombings investigation • California wildfires • DeLay political financing scandal • Dengue outbreak in Singapore • FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ... Image File history File links 8_October_Earthquake_INDIA.png 8 October 2005 Earthquake INDIA File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links 8_October_Earthquake_INDIA.png 8 October 2005 Earthquake INDIA File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time or Z, is an atomic realization of Universal Time (UT) or Greenwich Mean Time, the astronomical basis for civil time. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ... Islamabad Parliament House Parliament Lodges Supreme Court Faisal Mosque, located in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, was built in 1986. ...

Casualties

• Five people were killed and over 150 others are being treated for injuries in Srinagar's SMHS hospital

• According to CNN, the Pakistani Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmad has said one girl has been killed when a school came down in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. According to NDTV report one person died in Baramulla in India's Jammu and Kashmir state when a building collapsed.

• Initial reports said that they were felt in Delhi, Punjab and Jammu, Afghanistan and Kashmir. At least fifteen people were injured and four shops damaged.

• According to Associated Press at least a dozen people were injured and dozens more were feared trapped in the rubble of a 19-story earlier reported collapsed building in Islamabad.

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Property Damage

• Reports said a 19-story residential building partly collapsed in Islamabad.

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Rescue Operations

The disaster management cell at the home ministry Control room tele phones: 91 011-23093563 -64-66

See also

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2005 North India earthquake

• List of earthquakes

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Preparation for earthquakes

• Emergency preparedness
• Household seismic safety
• Seismic retrofit
• Earthquake prediction

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External links

• USGS page
• “Earthquake Strong tremors felt across North India,” NDTV, October 8.
• “Big quake shakes Pakistan, India,” CNN, October 8.