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Earthquake in Pakistan: Death toll 22, over
100 injured
Tuesday April 16, 2013 10:19:06 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad:
At least 22 people were killed, over 100 others injured and
hundreds of houses collapsed in earthquake that hit parts of east,
south and southwest Pakistan on Tuesday, reported Xinhua citing
local media.
Quoting hospital sources, local TV channel Express said that at
least 21 people were killed and over 100 injured in Mashkel
village located near Pakistan-Iran border in southwest Balochistan
province.
Local media reported that the earthquake leveled over 1,000 houses
to ground in Mashkel and its adjoining villages which are home to
over 35,000 people. Sources from paramilitary troops confirmed
that hundreds of houses were collapsed by the tremors.
More details about causalities and the conditions of injured
people are awaited as the village is located in a far flung
mountainous area, at about 514 km away from the provincial capital
of Quetta.
Sources from Kharan, the closest district from Mashkel, told
Xinhua that they have dispatched two buses of young volunteers to
the quake-hit area for rescue and relief operation, but they
cannot contact them yet, as all telecommunication towers fell down
in the area.
Inter Service Public Relations said that they have directed
concerned military units to start operation in the affected areas.
Meanwhile in Gawadar area of Balochistan, one man was killed in a
land slide triggered by the earthquake.
In the country's southern port city of Karachi, at least five
people were injured as two buildings partially collapsed in the
earthquake.
In Dera Ghazi Khan district of eastern Punjab province, three
people were injured and five cattle died in land sliding triggered
by the earthquake in the mountainous area.
The strong earthquake hit parts of Pakistan at 3:44 p.m. local
time for about 20 to 25 seconds. Local Met office said that the
epicenter was located on Pakistan-Iran border at the depth of 76
km.
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