PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE

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PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE

• MAGNITUDE 6.4
• SHALLOW 14 KM FOCAL DEPTH
• 510 AM
• 12, 000 HOMELESS IN 40 DEGREE WEATHER
• AT LEAST 200 DEAD
• OCTOBER 29, 2008

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2008 PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE

• The earthquake struck near Quetta, the capitol
  of Baluchistan Province.
• Quetta, the source of a devastating earthquake in
  1935, is located in a known fault zone caused by
  ongoing collision of the Indo-Australian and
  Eurasian plates.

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2008 PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE

• Ziarat, located in the hills and one of the
  poorest areas of Pakistan, was devastated by
  landslides and collapse of mud brick houses.
• Early estimates indicate that as many as 12,000
  are now homeless in 40 degree weather.

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2005 EARTHQUAKE

• 80,000 were Killed in the M7.6 earthquake that
  struck Kashmir and Islamabad in northern Pakistan
  in October 2005.

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2008 PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE LEAVING WITH BELONGINGS
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2008 PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RESCUE WORKERS ARRIVE
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PAKISTAN AIR FORCE ORGANIZING RELIEF