Asia: devestating forces of nature - Earthquakes in Kashmir

9 important questions on Asia: devestating forces of nature - Earthquakes in Kashmir

When was Kashmir hit by an earthquake?

Kasmir was hit at 5:50 AM on the 8th of October 2005.


Is the risk of an earthquake in Kasmir high, why?

Yes, because the Indo-Australian plate and the Earasian plate are touching there. The Indo-Australian plate is moving six centimetres each year. Long ago this collision caused the Himalayas.

What did the earthquake in Kashmir score on the Richter scale?

It scored a 7.6 on the richter scale.
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Where was the epicenter of the earthquake?

The epicentre was in Muzaffrabad.

How deep was the hypocentre?

10 kilometres, which is not deep for a hypocentre?

How many people lost their homes and possesions?

2.5 million people lost their house and possesion.

Where did the people live after the earthquake?

They lived and some still live in tent camps build by aid workers.

What was the long time damage?

Water and sewage pipes broke in many places and contaminated the drinkinng water.
Many people became ill with diarrhoea, and malaria started to spread.

What is the 'nadeel' from emergency aid tents?

Some people lived their for a long time.
In the bitter cold of the winter many people died of cold or pneumonia. Sometimes tent camps collapsed or were flooded by snow and rain storms.
The aid workers couldn't get through because the roads were to bad.

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