In pictures: Earthquake Hits Pakistan-India Border
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Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 4:59 AM ET
A Pakistani man injured when a building collapsed after an earthquake arrives in a hospital in Islamabad October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. Officials said heavy casualties were expected in the north of Pakistan, but details were difficult to obtain because telephone lines were down and mobile networks overwhelmed. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 5:00 AM ET
Pakistani rescue workers gather at the site of a building collapsed by an earthquake in the capital Islamabad October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 5:02 AM ET
Kashmiris look at a damaged house after an earthquake in Baramulla, 60km (36 miles) from Srinagar, October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. Officials said heavy casualties were expected in the north of Pakistan, but details were difficult to obtain because telephone lines were down and mobile networks overwhelmed. REUTERS/Danish Ismail -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 5:03 AM ET
Pakistani army soldiers and rescue workers gather at the site of a building collapsed by an earthquake in Islamabad October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 5:04 AM ET
Kashmiri women cry after an earthquake in Baramulla, 60km (36 miles) from Srinagar, October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. Officials said heavy casualties were expected in the north of Pakistan, but details were difficult to obtain because telephone lines were down and mobile networks overwhelmed. REUTERS/Danish Ismail -
AP - Sat Oct 8, 5:06 AM ET
A bird eye view shows the collapsed 10-story apartment building following a severe earthquake which hit Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct 8, 2005. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, injuring at least a dozen people and damaging dozens of homes and shops. Part of a 10-story apartment building collapsed in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, and dozens of people were feared trapped in the rubble. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 5:07 AM ET
Kashmiris sit on a road after an earthquake in Baramulla, 60km (36 miles) from Srinagar, October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. Officials said heavy casualties were expected in the north of Pakistan, but details were difficult to obtain because telephone lines were down and mobile networks overwhelmed. REUTERS/Danish Ismail -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 5:07 AM ET
Kashmiris sit on a road after an earthquake in Baramulla, 60km (36 miles) from Srinagar, October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. Officials said heavy casualties were expected in the north of Pakistan, but details were difficult to obtain because telephone lines were down and mobile networks overwhelmed. REUTERS/Danish Ismail -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 5:07 AM ET
An Indian student cries outside a school building following an earthquake in the northern Indian city of Jammu, October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, 'wiping out' several villages in Pakistan and causing scores of casualties. REUTERS/Amit Gupta -
AP - Sat Oct 8, 5:09 AM ET
A wounded man is carried in a van following an earthquake which struck Sopore, about 55 Kilometers (34 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Saturday, Oct 8, 2005. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake jolted South Asia on Saturday, killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds of others in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 5:13 AM ET
Indian school children sit outside school building after an earthquake hit the northern city of Jammu, October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, 'wiping out' several villages in Pakistan and causing scores of casualties. REUTERS/Amit Gupta -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 5:16 AM ET
Patients and their attendants wait outside a hospital after an earthquake hit the northern Indian city of Jammu, October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. Officials said heavy casualties were expected in the north of Pakistan, but details were difficult to obtain because telephone lines were down and mobile networks overwhelmed. REUTERS/Amit Gupta -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 5:18 AM ET
Pakistani volunteers search for trapped residents at a collapsed building following an earthquake in Islamabad October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. Officials said heavy casualties were expected in the north of Pakistan, but details were difficult to obtain because telephone lines were down and mobile networks overwhelmed. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmoodas -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 5:22 AM ET
Relatives bring a patient out of a hospital after an earthquake hit the northern Indian city of Jammu, October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. Officials said heavy casualties were expected in the north of Pakistan, but details were difficult to obtain because telephone lines were down and mobile networks overwhelmed. REUTERS/Amit Gupta -
AP - Sat Oct 8, 5:37 AM ET
Pakistani school teachers comfort each other as severe earthquake jolts Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct 8, 2005. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, injuring at least a dozen people and damaging dozens of homes and shops. Part of a 10-story apartment building collapsed in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, and dozens of people were feared trapped in the rubble. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 5:52 AM ET
Pakistani volunteers work at a collapsed building following an earthquake in Islamabad October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. Officials said heavy casualties were expected in the north of Pakistan, but details were difficult to obtain because telephone lines were down and mobile networks overwhelmed. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmoodas -
AP - Sat Oct 8, 5:57 AM ET
Kashmiris weep during an earthquake in Baramulla, 57 kilometers (36 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake jolted South Asia on Saturday, killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds of others in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 6:06 AM ET
Pakistani men injured when a building collapsed after an earthquake are treated in a hospital in Islamabad October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. Officials said heavy casualties were expected in the north of Pakistan, but details were difficult to obtain because telephone lines were down and mobile networks overwhelmed. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood -
AP - Sat Oct 8, 6:09 AM ET
A Kashmiri Muslim girl reads the holy Quran as others prays after an earthquake in Sopore, about 55 kilometers (34 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake jolted South Asia on Saturday, killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds of others in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) -
AP - Sat Oct 8, 6:10 AM ET
Kashmiri women hug each other after an earthquake in Baramulla, about 57 kilometers (36 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake jolted South Asia on Saturday, killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds of others in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) -
AP - Sat Oct 8, 6:11 AM ET
Police officers covere the dead body of a victim of a severe earthquake that jolted Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, injuring at least a dozen people and damaging dozens of homes and shops. Part of a 10-story apartment building collapsed in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, and dozens of people were feared trapped in the rubble. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 6:17 AM ET
Indian labourers remove debris of a collapsed house following a powerful earthquake in Amritsar, in the northern state of Punjab, October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. Officials said heavy casualties were expected in the north of Pakistan, but details were difficult to obtain because telephone lines were down and mobile networks overwhelmed. REUTERS/Munish Sharma -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 6:27 AM ET
Pakistani soldiers stand in front of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Islamabad October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, 'wiping out' several villages in Pakistan and leaving more than 1,000 people feared dead. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 6:40 AM ET
Patients and their attendants wait outside a hospital after an earthquake hit the northern Indian city of Jammu, October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. Officials said heavy casualties were expected in the north of Pakistan, but details were difficult to obtain because telephone lines were down and mobile networks overwhelmed. REUTERS/Amit Gupta -
Reuters - Sat Oct 8, 7:06 AM ET
Indian Muslims pray for the dead and speedy recovery of earthquake victims in Ahmadabad, the main city of the western state of Gujarat, October 8, 2005. A major earthquake shook cities and villages across the south Asian subcontinent on Saturday, including the Pakistan capital Islamabad where scores of people were feared killed or trapped when two buildings collapsed. Officials said heavy casualties were expected in the north of Pakistan, but details were difficult to obtain because telephone lines were down and mobile networks overwhelmed. REUTERS/Amit Dave