"Today, Russian Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov has expressed condolences and offered assistance to Afghanistan’s acting emergencies minister and the chairman of Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority," the press service said.
"Russia’s emergencies services are ready to offer any help and support you might need," Puchkov said in his message.
According to the latest data, the earthquake claimed about 80 lives in Afghanistan and 140 lives in Pakistan.
A powerful earthquake hit the Hindu Kush mountains at 14:09 local time (12:09 Moscow time) on Monday. The epicenter was located at a depth of 196 kilometres some 82 kilometres southeast of the city of Faizabav in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province.
Earth tremours were felt practically across entire South Asia, including northern India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
[tass.ru]
26/10/15
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Nearly 300 Dead in Afghanistan-Pakistan Quake...
ReplyDeleteA major earthquake struck a remote area of northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing nearly 300 people there and in neighboring Pakistan, and injuring more than 1,700.
Centered 82 kilometers southeast of Feyzabad in a remote area of the Hindu Kush mountain range and at a depth of 212 kilometers (131 miles), the quake registered at a magnitude of 7.5, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The hardest-hit area reported so far is Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where officials have confirmed at least 140 people killed and more than 1,000 injured...............http://www.voanews.com/content/strong-afghan-earthquake-felt-across-south-asia/3022912.html