Lawd!! 7.8 earthquake in Pakistan

[Are_grits_groceries]

@AnnCurry: USGS: a 7.8 earthquake has hit Pakistan, 43 miles NNE of Awaran. Injuries and damage are being reported.

[enlightenment]

1. Damn.

That's the same place as the one in April.

[liberal_at_heart]

2. That's a pretty substantial quake. I hope the injuries are minimal.

[FarCenter]

3. At least 10 dead as strong quake hits southwest Balochistan

Deputy Commissioner Awaran, Abdul Rasheed Baloch confirmed the death 10 people – all from the province’s far-flung Awaran district.

“Six dead bodies have been recovered in Awaran bazar,” he said, adding that four dead bodies have been recovered in far flung villages of the district.

He said levies personnel have retried 10 dead bodies from the rubble of houses collapsed in the aftermath of deadly earthquake. “I fear more people are trapped inside the collapsed houses,” he said.

Baloch said a rescue operation was launched in the area and all forces were placed on high alert to retrieve the people from the rubble. He said there were reports that hundreds of mud- houses had also collapsed during tremors in the district.


http://www.dawn.com/news/1045105/at-least-10-dead-as-strong-quake-hits-southwest-balochistan

[Shrike47]

4. One of these days that's going to be some place in the U.S.

Twice in one year? So sad.