SitiWanMahani - Pakistan: Lebih 200 yang terbunuh dalam gempa bumi kuat 7.7. Satu gempa bumi berukuran 7.7 telah membunuh lebih 200 orang di Pakistan. Ia melanda dengan kesan yang amat buruk di kawasan terpencil di barat daya negara itu.
“Kami telah memulakan untuk yang mengebumikan mati,” timbalan pesuruhjaya daerah Awaran memberitahu satu outlet media. Gegaran dirasai di seluruh Asia Selatan.
Pekerja pejabat di Karachi 400 kilometer dari pusat bergegas untuk mengosongkan bangunan apabila gempa bumi itu melanda sebelum 16.30 waktu tempatan.
Satu usaha menyelamat yang besar telah dipasang di wilayah yang paling teruk terjejas Balochistan dan darurat diisytiharkan.
Seorang pegawai berkata, “kita telah sibuk sepanjang malam dengan usaha menyelamat dan ketakutant kami akan pulihkan banyak lagi mayat daripada runtuhan di siang hari.”
Pakistan: More than 200 killed in powerful 7.7 earthquake. An earthquake measuring 7.7 has killed over 200 people in Pakistan.It struck with devastating effect in a remote area in the south-west of the country.
"We have started to bury our dead," the deputy commissioner of Awaran district told one media outlet. The tremors were felt across South Asia.
Office workers in Karachi four hundred kilometres from the epicentre rushed to evacuate their buildings when the quake struck just before 16.30 local time.
A huge rescue effort has been mounted in the worst affected province of Balochistan and a state of emergency declared.
One official said, "we have been busy throughout the night with the rescue effort and fear we will recover more bodies from the rubble in daylight."
45
terbunuh gempa bumi 7.8 gempa bumi menyerang barat daya Pakistan, gegaran
dirasai di New Delhi . . .
Pejalan
kaki Pakistan dan pekerja pejabat meninggalkan bangunan pejabat selepas gempa
bumi di Karachi pada 24 September, 2013. (Pakistani pedestrians and office
workers leave an office building after an earthquake in Karachi on September
24, 2013. (AFP Photo/Rizwan Tabassum – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
SitiWanMahani - 45 terbunuh gempa bumi 7.8
melanda Pakistan, gegaran dirasai di New Delhi. Sekurang-kurangnya 45 orang
telah terbunuh dalam gempa bumi berukuran 7.8 yang melanda barat daya Pakistan
pada Selasa. Gegaran dirasai di seluruh rantau ini dan sejauh New Delhi, dengan
bencana mewujudkan ‘pulau baru’ di belakangnya.
Timbalan Pesuruhjaya tempatan
Awaran, Abdul Rasheed Gogazai, dan jurucakap Pakistan yang Frontier Corps
terlibat dalam usaha menyelamat memberitahu Reuters bahawa sekurang-kurangnya
45 orang telah terbunuh.
Media tempatan diletakkan
jumlah kematian yang lebih tinggi. Sekurang-kurangnya 150 orang terbunuh akibat
gempa bumi, Timbalan Speaker Dewan Balochistan Pakistan, Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo,
berkata pada malam Selasa, menurut laporan dari Pakistan, English-language
daily, The Express Tribune.
Kajian Geologi Amerika Syarikat
telah mengukur gempa bumi 7.8 magnitud selepas ia melanda Balochistan, hanya 69
km utara- timur laut Awaran, bandar terdekat. A “RED” amaran telah dikeluarkan
oleh agensi makna 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 kaget dilaporkan berkumpul untuk melihat fenomena pulau baru, yang
nampaknya mempunyai kawasan pergunungan .
Pusat gempa ialah di kawasan
terpencil di negara ini 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 dua minit.
Pakistan pegawai pejabat Met
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-jalan, 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-jalan kerana takut.
45 killed as 7.8 earthquake strikes Pakistan,
shaking
felt in New Delhi
At least 45 people have been
killed in an earthquake measuring 7.8 which struck southwest Pakistan on Tuesday.
Tremors were felt across the region and as far as New Delhi, with the disaster
creating a 'new island' in its wake.
The local deputy commissioner
in Awaran, Abdul Rasheed Gogazai, and the spokesman of Pakistan's Frontier
Corps involved in the rescue efforts told Reuters that at least 45 people have
been killed.
Local media placed the death
toll much higher. At least 150 people were killed as a result of the
earthquake, the Deputy Speaker of Pakistan’s Balochistan Assembly, Abdul Qudoos
Bizenjo, said on Tuesday evening,
according to reports from Pakistan’s English-language daily, The Express
Tribune.
The US Geological Survey has
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.
7.8 gempa bumi menyerang
barat daya Pakistan . . .
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SitiWanMahani - 7.8 gempa bumi menyerang barat daya Pakistan. Satu gempa bumi berukuran 7.8 pada skala Richter telah melanda barat daya Pakistan, dengan gegaran dirasai di seluruh rantau ini dan sejauh Delhi. Gempa berlaku di Balochistan, hanya 69 km utara-timur laut Arawan, bandar terdekat.
Perkhidmatan Geologi Amerika Syarikat telah mengukur gempa bumi 7.8 magnitud.
Gempa bumi yang melanda kawasan pedalaman pada kedalaman hanya 15 km (9.3mi), tetapi dirasai sejauh jiran India. Satu amaran gempa bumi 'oren' telah dikeluarkan di tengah-tengah bencana alam.
Pakistan, Geo TV berkata gempa bumi ini berlangsung selama kira-kira 2 minit. Walaupun tiada kerosakan besar masih belum dilaporkan, media tempatan mengatakan bahawa pantai adalah lebih berkemungkinan akan terjejas.
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-rata kerana ketakutan.
7.8 quake strikes southwestern Pakistan . . .
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale has struck southwest Pakistan, with tremors felt across the region and as far as Delhi. The quake struck in Balochistan, just 69 km north-northeast of Arawan, the nearest city.
The US Geological Service has measured the quake at 7.8 magnitude.
The earthquake hit a remote area of the country at a depth of just 15km (9.3mi), but was felt as far away as neighboring India. An ‘orange’ earthquake alert was issued in the wake of the natural disaster.
Pakistan's Geo TV says the earthquake lasted for about two minutes. While no major damage has yet been reported, local media say that the coastline is more likely to be affected.
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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Pakistan
dilanda gempa bumi 7.7 magnitud . . .
SitiWanMahani - Pakistan dilanda gempa bumi 7.7 magnitud. Pekerja pejabat di Karachi bergegas untuk mengosongkan bangunan mereka sebagai gempa bumi yang kuat melanda barat Pakistan.
7.7 magnitud gempa bumi telah membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 30 orang, menurut agensi bencana negara.
Ia melanda sebelum masa tempatan 04:30, dan berpusat kira-kira 100km dari Khuzdar, tetapi boleh dirasai 400km jauh di Karachi.
Mohammad Taimur, yang bekerja di bandar pada masa gempa bumi itu, berkata: “Saya telah bekerja pada komputer saya di pejabat Tiba-tiba saya merasakan gegaran, meja dan komputer saya mula berjabat saya fikir saya berasa pening tetapi tidak lama lagi dijumpai . . . daripada mereka gegaran. saya segera meninggalkan dan datang untuk keselamatan. "
Walaupun orang-orang di Karachi nampaknya telah melarikan diri tanpa cedera, seorang pegawai di Baluchistan mendakwa sekurang-kurangnya 30% peratus daripada rumah-rumah di daerah Awaran telah dikurangkan kepada debu.
Satu keadaan darurat telah diisytiharkan di kawasan ramai penduduknya. Sebagai perkhidmatan menyelamat bekerja terhadap jam, pegawai takut angka kematian akan meningkat.
Pakistan hit by 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Office workers in Karachi rushed to evacuate their buildings as a powerful earthquake struck south-western Pakistan.
The 7.7 magnitude quake has killed at least 30 people, according to the country's disaster agency.
It hit just before 4.30pm local time, and was centred about 100km from Khuzdar, but could be felt 400km away in Karachi.
Mohammad Taimur, who was working in the city at the time of the quake, said: "I was working on my computer in the office. Suddenly I felt tremors, my table and computer started shaking. I thought I am feeling dizzy but soon found out they were tremors. I immediately left and came down to safety."
Though those in Karachi appear to have escaped unscathed, an official in Baluchistan claims at least 30 percent of houses in the Awaran district have been reduced to dust.
