Quake Hits Afghan Hindu Kush, Residents Flee Homes
Date: 13-Dec-05
Country: PAKISTAN
People in Pakistani Kashmir, where tens of thousands were killed by an earthquake on Oct. 8, fled their homes when the quake struck, residents said.
Residents in the Indian capital New Delhi also felt the quake, as did people in Peshawar, a Pakistani town near the Afghan border.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
More than 73,000 people were killed and around 500,000 left homeless in Pakistani Kashmir and the neighbouring North West Frontier Province of Pakistan "which bore the brunt of the Oct. 8 quake, which measured 7.8 on the open-ended Richter scale.