Thursday 26 September 2013

Gempa bumi yang dahsyat membunuh 370, mencipta pulau baru di Pakistan

Mangsa gempa bumi berjalan di atas runtuhan rumah lumpur selepas ia runtuh berikutan gempa bumi di bandar Awaran, wilayah barat daya Pakistan Baluchistan, September 25, 2013 (Reuters/Sallah Jan  - think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

SitiWanMahani - Gempa bumi yang dahsyat membunuh 370, mencipta pulau baru di Pakistan. Sehingga 370 orang telah terbunuh dalam gempa bumi berukuran 7.7 yang melanda barat daya Pakistan hari ini, kata pegawai tempatan. Gegaran dirasai di seluruh rantau ini dan sejauh New Delhi, dengan bencana mewujudkan ‘pulau baru’ di belakangnya.

Sekurang-kurangnya 370 orang telah disahkan mati dan lebih 440 cedera, kata Pihak Berkuasa Pengurusan Bencana Wilayah dan gempa bumi sambutan bilik kawalan kerajaan Baluchistan itu. Lebih 300,000 terjejas akibat gempa bumi itu.

Kajian Geologi Amerika Syarikat pertama kali diukur gempa bumi 7.8 magnitud selepas ia melanda Balochistan, hanya 69 km utara-timur laut Awaran, bandar terdekat. Amaran “RED/merah” telah dikeluarkan oleh agensi maknanya kematian dianggarkan lebih 1,000 dan kerosakan bernilai lebih $ 1 bilion.

Sekurang-kurangnya 30% peratus daripada rumah-rumah di daerah Awaran yang miskin telah dimusnahkan, Abdul Qadoos, timbalan speaker Dewan Undangan Baluchistan, kepada Reuters.

Bumbung 2 buah sekolah telah runtuh di Awaran, menurut The Express Tribune. Akhbar itu berkata bahawa rumah-rumah telah rosak di seluruh wilayah manakala yang cedera berada dalam proses menjadi diiringi ke hospital berdekatan. Ini belum disahkan secara rasmi.

Gempa bumi itu juga mencipta sebuah pulau baru di luar pantai Gwadar Pakistan, menurut akhbar tempatan Express News. Pulau baru berdiri kira-kira setengah batu ke dalam laut. Sekumpulan terkejut dilaporkan berkumpul untuk melihat fenomena pulau baru, yang nampaknya mempunyai kawasan pergunungan.

Pusat gempa ialah di kawasan terpencil di negara itu pada kedalaman hanya 15 km (9.3mi), tetapi dirasai sejauh jiran India. Pakistan, Geo TV berkata bahawa gempa bumi yang melanda pada 16:29 waktu tempatan, berlangsung selama kira-kira 2 minit.

Pegawai pejabat Met Pakistan mengatakan bahawa kerosakan besar dan kehilangan nyawa telah dielakkan kerana lokasi gempa bumi di mana-mana kawasan yang jauh. Walau bagaimanapun, mereka juga telah meramalkan akan berlaku gempa susulan sehingga 5 dalam magnitud pada skala Richter.

Di India di New Delhi, bangunan berjabat menghantar orang berlari ke jalan-raya, kata saksi Reuters.

Walau bagaimanapun, terdapat 337.980 orang dalam 100km dari pusat yang berpotensi boleh terjejas, menurut Alert Bencana Global dan Sistem penyelarasan (GDACS).

Pada April tahun ini gempa bumi magnitud 7.9 melanda sempadan Iran-Pakistan membunuh 46 orang dan mencederakan kira-kira 180 orang lain. Rumah runtuh dalam bencana itu, menyebabkan orang ramai untuk melarikan diri ke jalan-raya kerana ketakutan.

Image from www.express.pk (think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

Devastating quake kills 370, creates new island in Pakistan

Up to 370 people have been killed in an earthquake measuring 7.7 which struck southwest Pakistan on Tuesday, local officials said. Tremors were felt across the region and as far as New Delhi, with the disaster creating a 'new island' in its wake.

At least 370 people have been confirmed dead and more than 440 injured, said the Provincial Disaster Management Authority and the Baluchistan government's earthquake response control room. Over 300,000 were affected by the quake.

The US Geological Survey first measured the quake at 7.8 magnitude after it struck Balochistan, just 69 km north-northeast of Awaran, the nearest city. A “RED” alert was issued by the agency meaning estimated fatalities of over 1,000 and damages costing over $1 billion.

At least 30 percent of houses in the impoverished Awaran district have been destroyed, Abdul Qadoos, deputy speaker of the Baluchistan assembly, told Reuters.

Roofs of two schools have collapsed in Awaran, according to The Express Tribune. The paper said that houses have been damaged across the province while the injured are in the process of being escorted to nearby hospitals. This is yet to be officially confirmed.  

The earthquake also created a new island off Pakistan's Gwadar coastline, according to local paper Express News. The new island stands approximately half a mile into the sea. A bemused crowd reportedly gathered to observe the phenomenon of the new island, which apparently has a mountainous terrain.

The quake's epicenter was in a remote area of the country at a depth of just 15km (9.3mi), but was felt as far away as neighboring India. Pakistan's Geo TV said that the earthquake, which struck at 4:29 pm local time, lasted for about two minutes.

Pakistani Met office officials say that major damage and loss of life has been averted because of the earthquake’s location in such a remote area. However, they have also forecast impending aftershocks of up to 5 in magnitude on the Richter scale.

In India's New Delhi, buildings shook sending people running into the streets, Reuters witnesses said.

However, there are 337,980 people within 100km of the epicenter who could potentially be affected, according to the Global Disaster Alert and coordination System (GDACS).

In April this year a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Iran-Pakistan border killing 46 people and injuring some 180 others. Houses collapsed in the disaster, causing people to flee to the streets out of fear.  


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