After just months of Nepal major earthquake the shocks hit damaging and reaching Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Dubai. The damage has caused almost 100 people dead in Pakistan.
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Over 100 deaths reported from Pakistan with Bajaur being worst hit. The quake was 196 km deep and centred 82 km southeast of Feyzabad in a remote area of Afghanistan in the Hindu Kush mountain range. The USGS initially measured the quake’s intensity at 7.7 then revised it down to 7.6 and later to 7.5. Pakistan Met Dept has reported the earthquake as 8.1 on the Richter scale. Tremors were felt as far as New Delhi, sending office workers scurrying onto the streets. Phone and electricity lines were disrupted following the earthquake.
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Man getting treatment in Peshawar on October 26, 2015. PHOTO: AFP