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ok for me the one in 2005 in pakistaan was very scary, i think its called kashmir earthquake. i cant forget tht i was like if world is coming to an end it was so long n of course its after effects were also very scary 
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Earthquake in Quetta in 1935
On 31st May 1935 at 3.40 am in the early morning the city of Quetta and the countryside for 100 miles to the south-west including the town of Khelat were devastated by a severe earthquake which lasted three minutes. There was another severe shock on 2nd June,Killed about 30000 to 60000 peopls. An official Government communique issued on that day from Simla stated:
“1. The whole city of Quetta is destroyed and being sealed under military guard from 2nd June with medical advice. It is estimated that 20,000 corpses remain buried under the debris. There is no hope of rescuing any more persons alive. The corpses extracted and buried number several thousand. There are about 10,000 Indian survivors including 4,000 injured.
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All houses in the civil area are razed to the ground except Government House, which is partially standing but in ruins. The church and club are both in ruins, also the Murree Brewery.
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One quarter of the cantonment area is destroyed, the remaining three quarters slightly damaged, but inhabitable. Most of the damage was done in the RAF area where the barracks were destroyed, and only six out of the twenty-seven machines are serviceable.
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The railway area is destroyed.
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Hanna Road and the Staff College are undamaged.
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Surrounding villages are destroyed with; it is feared, very heavy casualties. The number is not yet ascertainable. Military parties are being sent out to investigate and render help.
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Outlying districts, as already reported from Khelat and Mastung, are reported to have been razed to the ground with heavy casualties. All the villages between Quetta and Khelat are also reported to have been destroyed”.
A local newspaper headline announced “Terrible Disaster in Quetta - Staff College unharmed.
Jinnah Road Quetta, before and after earthquake
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In 1962 earthquake, River Indus changes its course near Rohri, Sindh. Some archeologistics are also of the view that Moen Jo Daro was also destroyed due to earthquake, which changed the course of river Indus.
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I think the 2005 earthquake in Northern Pakistan would be among the worst in the world.
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The 2005 Earth Quake was one of worst earthquakes if not in the world atleast in Asia's history
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Valdivia, Chile 22 May 1960 (magnitude 9.5)
This earthquake killed 1655 people, injured 3000 and displaced two million. It caused US$550 million damage in Chile, while the tsunami that it spawned caused deaths and damage as far away as Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines. The ‘rupture zone’ of the quake was more than 1000 km long. Two days after the initial quake, the nearby volcano Puyehue erupted, sending ash and steam up to 6 km into the atmosphere over a period of several weeks.
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** Prince William Sound, Alaska 28 March 1964 (magnitude 9.2)**
Compared to the Chilean earthquake, this earthquake was less damaging: the resulting tsunami took 128 lives and caused overall US$311 million in damage. The earthquake was felt mainly over Alaska, as well as some places in Canada, while the tsunami created by it caused damage as far away as Hawaii. The most damage was sustained by the city of Anchorage, 120 km north-west of the epicentre. Shaking from the quake itself is reported to have lasted for three minutes.
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Sumatra, Indonesia 26 December 2004 (magnitude 9.1)
In terms of damage and loss of life, the scale of the disaster caused by the resulting Boxing Day Tsunami was enormous. In total, 227,900 people were killed or presumed dead, with around 1.7 million displaced over 14 countries in South Asia and East Africa. The epicentre was 250 km south-east of Band Aceh, Indonesia, at a depth of 30 km. Several days later on 28 December, a mud volcano began erupting near Baratang, Andamar Islands, which is thought to have been associated with the earthquake.
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Sendai, Japan 11 March 2011 (magnitude 9.0)
So far the official death toll stands at several thousand from the combined effect of the powerful earthquake, aftershocks and the tsunami. However, the total is expected to rise, with some estimates of a final toll of over 10,000. Economic impacts are expected to be huge, with the shutting down of nuclear reactors which many industries rely on for power.
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** Kamchatka, Russia 4 November 1952 (magnitude 9.0)**
This earthquake generated a tsunami that caused widespread damage in the Hawaiian Islands. Property damage was estimated at around US$1,000,000. Some reports describe waves of over 9 m high at Kaena Point, Oahu. A farmer on Oahu reported the loss of six cows to the tsunami, but no people were reported killed.
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Bio-bio, Chile 27 February 2010 (magnitude 8.8)
This earthquake and subsequent tsunami killed at least 521 people, with 56 missing and 12,000 injured. More than 800,000 people were displaced with a total of 1.8m people affected across Chile, where damage was estimated at US$30 billion. The epicentre was 335 km south-west of Santiago, at a depth of 35 km. A minor tsunami travelled across the Pacific causing damage to boats as far away as San Diego, California.
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** Off the coast of Ecuador 31 January 1906 (magnitude 8.8)**
This earthquake caused a tsunami that is reported to have killed between 500 and 1,500 in Ecuador and Colombia. The tsunami travelled as far north as San Francisco, on the west coast of the US, and west to Hawaii and Japan. The tsunami took roughly 12 hours to cross the Pacific to Hilo, Hawaii.
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** Rat Islands, Alaska 2 April 1965 (magnitude 8.7)**
The worst of the damage attributed to this earthquake was caused by a tsunami, reported to be about 10 m high on Shemya Island. The wave caused flooding on Amchitka Island, causing US$10,000 in property damage. No deaths or injuries were reported.
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Sumatra, Indonesia 28 March 2005 (magnitude 8.6)
This earthquake killed 1313, with over 400 people injured by the tsunami as far away as Sri Lanka. The epicentre was 205 km north-west of Sibolga, Sumatra, at a depth of 30 km. This region, also the site of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, is particularly geologically active, with three of the 15 biggest known earthquakes having happened here.
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Assam - Tibet 15 August 1950 (magnitude 8.6)
This inland earthquake caused widespread damages to buildings as well as large landslides. 780 people were killed in eastern Tibet, with many villages and towns affected across Assam, China, Tibet and India. Oscillations to lake levels occurred as far away as Norway. The total death toll is likely to be higher, as no definitive total was ever estimated. While the earthquake itself is known as the Assam Earthquake, it is believed the epicentre may have been in Tibet.
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2005 Earthquake in Pakistan, many villages vanished from the face of the earth.
Balakot, Mansehra, Azad Kashmir were badly hit…
The earthquake was 7.6 on the Richter scale but the casualties were over 75000…
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The Haiti earthquake was big too, more than 3 lac people were killed there.
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ok for me the one in 2005 in pakistaan was very scary, i think its called kashmir earthquake. i cant forget tht i was like if world is coming to an end it was so long n of course its after effects were also very scary :(
Were you in Islamabad at that time?
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Were you in Islamabad at that time?
Yes i still remember it was saturday school was off n i was sleeping n woke up
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I was in Lahore on the fourth storey of a building, suddenly my chair started shaking. My friend was sitting beside me, I thought he is shaking my chair and he was thinking the same about me. Anyways with the passage of time the intensity of the shocks started increasing so much so that big cabinets in the office started shaking violently. We started hearing people leaving the office chanting Ashad, this was the point we got alarmed. Moved towards to the stair case but it was not possible to go down, from the floor as we thought by the time we go down if the building was to come down we will not be able to do anything in any case. So we went back to the office and sat down, the tremors continued for almost two long minutes. After that I thought to myself that if the situation of Lahore was so bad, what would be the circumstances in the Northern areas the main epicenter of the quake. For the next 48 hours strong after shocks were also observed, which were even more frightening than the real one.