Natural Disasters in Afghanistan - Earthquakes in Afghanistan, 2005 Kashmir Earthquake, 2010 Salang Avalanches, February 4 (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Earthquakes in Afghanistan, 2005 Kashmir Earthquake, 2010 Salang Avalanches, February 4, 1998 Afghanistan Earthquake, May 30, 1998 Afghanistan Earthquake, 2002 Hindu Kush Earthquakes, 2005 Hindu Kush Earthquake, April 2009 Afghanistan Earthquake, 2009 Afghan Avalanches, October 2009 Afghanistan Earthquake. Excerpt: The 2005 Kashmir Earthquake was a major earthquake centered in Pakistan-administered Kashmir known as Azad Kashmir, near the city of Muzaffarabad, affecting Gilgit-Baltistan and North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) regions of Pakistan. It occurred at 08:52:37 Pakistan Standard Time (03:52:37 UTe on 8 October 2005. It registered a moment magnitude of 7.6 making it similar in size to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the 1935 Quetta earthquake, the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, and the 2009 Sumatra earthquakes. As of 8 November, the government of Pakistan's official death toll was 79,000. The earthquake also affected countries in the surrounding region where tremors were felt in Tajikistan, western China; while officials say nearly 1,400 people also died in Indian-administered Kashmir and four people in Afghanistan. The severity of the damage caused by the earthquake is attributed to severe upthrust, coupled with poor construction. Well over US$ 5 billion (400 billion Pakistani rupees) Aid arrived from all around the world with American US marine helicopters stationed in neighbooring Afghanistan quickly flew in aid to the devastated region. Five crossing points were opened on the Line of Control (Loe between India and Pakistan to facilitate the flow of humanitarian and medical aid to the affected region, and international aid teams from around the world came to the region to assist in relief. Map depicting tectonic plates shows how Pa... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8037082