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	Magnitude	7.6
	Date-Time	Saturday, October 08, 2005 at 03:50:40 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time Saturday, October 08, 2005 at 08:50:40 AM local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
	Location	34.52N 73.58E
	Depth	26 kilometers
	Region	PAKISTAN
	Reference	105 km (65 miles) NNE of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan 115 km (70 miles) ESE of Mingaora, Pakistan 125 km (75 miles) WNW of Srinagar, Kashmir 165 km (105 miles) SSW of Gilgit, Kashmir
	Location Quality	Error estimate: horizontal +/- 3.6 km; depth fixed by location program
	Location Quality Parameters	Nst=630, Nph=630, Dmin=987.9 km, Rmss=0.91 sec, Erho=3.6 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=21.1 degrees
	Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
	Remarks	More than 79,000 people killed, 65,308 injured and extensive damage in northern Pakistan. The heaviest damage occurred in the Muzaffarabad area, Kashmir where entire villages were destroyed and at Uri where 80 percent of the town was destroyed. At least 32,335 buildings collapsed in Anantnag, Baramula, Jammu and Srinagar, Kashmir. Buildings collapsed in Abbottabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Islamabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Maximum intensity VIII. Felt (VII) at Topi; (VI) at Islamabad, Peshawar and Rawalpindi; (V) at Faisalabad and Lahore. Felt at Chakwal, Jhang, Sargodha and as far as Quetta. At least 1,360 people killed and 6,266 injured in India. Felt (V) at Chandigarh and New Delhi; (IV) at Delhi and Gurgaon, India. Felt in Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh, India. At least one person killed and some buildings collapsed in Afghanistan. Felt (IV) at Kabul and (III) at Bagrami, Afghanistan. An estimated 4 million people in the area left homeless. Landslides and rockfalls damaged or destroyed several mountain roads and highways cutting off access to the region for several days. Landslides occurred farther north near the towns of Gilgit and Skardu, Kashmir. Liquefaction and sandblows occurred in the western part of Vale of Kashmir and near Jammu. Landslides and rockfalls also occurred in parts of Himachal Pradesh, India. Seiches were observed in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, India and many places in Bangladesh.

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