Did You Know? 2005 KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE

On October 8, 2005, an extent 7.6 seismic tremor shook the Kashmir area (a debated region controlled to some degree by Pakistan and India), alongside areas of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. More than 80,000 individuals died as an aftereffect of the tremor, while an expected 4 million others were left destitute. 

The Kashmir seismic tremor occurred soon after 8:50 a.m. nearby time and was focused around 12 miles upper east of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-managed Kashmir. (Since 1947, India and Pakistan have battled a progression of wars for control of Kashmir. Today, the two countries, alongside China, each control a bit of the district.) 

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K2, the world's second most noteworthy mountain after Everest, lies incompletely in northern Pakistan and somewhat in China. K2 has a rise of more than 28,250 feet.Kashmir is situated at the crossroads of the Eurasian and Indian structural plates—the impact of which brought about the development of the Himalaya Mountains—production it inclined to serious seismic movement. The 2005 tremor was among the most noticeably awful to ever hit the district. It brought about broad decimation in Pakistan-directed Kashmir; Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province; the western and southern areas of the Kashmir Valley, a portion of India-controlled Kashmir; and northern Pakistan. Harm likewise was accounted for in northern India and Afghanistan. 

In a few spots, entire areas of towns slid off precipices and whole families were murdered. The Muzaffarabad zone endured serious annihilation, and the town of Balakot in the North-West Frontier Province was totally obliterated. The shudder happened just before the onset of the district's brutal winter, intensifying the debacle's belongings. What's more, avalanches wiped out expansive quantities of the locale's streets, making large portions of the harmed ranges distant to alleviation laborers in the prompt repercussions. Taking all things together, more than 80,000 individuals kicked the bucket as a consequence of the tremor and an expected 4 million others were left destitute.