7.8 magnitudes of Rickter scale, a major earthquake struck mainly Iran near the Iran- Pakistan border which killed people from Pakistan, but no damage took place in Iran. The earthquake almost hit all parts of Pakistan including Belochistan Lahore, Karachi, Jacobabad, Quetts, Larkana etc, also in New Delhi of India and part of Gulf Area.
Earthquakes also felt in Gadani, Hamai, Chaman, Gwadar of Belochistan, where according to Met office and other geological source intensity was 5.4 to 6.5 in Rickter scale. From a statement of a local government service holder, information got that about 34 people died, and nearly 80 people are injured in the Mashkeel area. Dead bodies are kept in the hospital and treatment is being given accordingly to the wounded people. Saving the life of endangered people is also on the go by paramilitary forces.
According to the information from the United State Geological Survey, this disaster hit 15.2km deep and at the time of 10:44 GMT. The epicenter of this quake was in a deserted and mountain area, 250 km northwest corner of Turbat in Pakistan and from the city Zahedan, Iran; it is 198 km southeast.
Along with the loss of lives in Panjgur and Mashkeel, more than 1000 homes are partly damaged, and 50 people escaped from injuries from a roof collapse in Karachi. In Multan and DI Khan, the vibration sustained for 10 seconds. Panicked people from every locations mainly commercial areas like Shahra-e-Faisal ran out and evacuated from the buildings and took place on roads. All of them were very much afraid of the tremor and refused to enter into the building for a longer period of time. A witness from Karachi was quoted “my desk started trembling, and we ran out of the building. Since then we are outside our office”. From the report of Express News, we have come to know that, the quake also made Rahim Yar Khan, Faisalabad, Shahdadkot and Serai Desert trembling.
“Two of my colleagues fainted during the tremor but successfully we could evacuate through our emergency exit,” a working man shared his experience of the earthquake.
After this sudden blow of the huge earthquake, all the flights in airports were halted for a certain period of time. Then later on, the shock has been absorbed and airport authority declared to return back the schedule of the flight take off.
On 9th April, Tuesday, a major 6.3 magnitude quake hit Iran near to its nuclear power station in which 37 people killed and about 850 injured leaving 2 villages completely ruined. Not even a week passed, for the second time, 16th April on another Tuesday more powerful one stroke.
An officer named Hatam Narouyi from Iran stated this earthquake as the most powerful one in last 40 years, and it is supposed to take more than hundreds life. No damage has yet been reported even in the Saravan city of Iran which is the nearest to the epicenter has not experienced any damage!
Iran is situated over large geological faultilines and experienced many major and dangerous earthquakes before. These two time’s tremors in such a short period can be taken as an ultimatum to the Iranian government to get ready for any nuclear emergency.
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