Damage to Magala Towers, Kashmir earthquake, 2005.10.08

Today 8 October 2005, at 8:50 a.m. Islamabad was hit by the most severe earthquake in the History of Pakistan - (on reachter scale it was 7.6). The earthquake played a havoc in Northern Areas, Azad Kashmir, NWFP and most of the Punjab. The above photo shows the Magala Towers in F-10/4 Islmabad which collapsed and about 80 flats were demoslished as a result. Since it was the morning time, most of the the people were in their flats, and even at the time, this photo was taken, were under the debris. Police and Army teams were trying to rescue them. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbukhari/50445848/ Photo by Awais Yaqub: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25816565@N00/

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