ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake near the Pakistan-India border Saturday reduced villages to rubble, triggered landslides and flattened an apartment building, killing more than 1,700 people in both nations.
An earthquake rocks three countries in South and Central Asia. Hundreds are feared dead in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
Pakistani officials say entire villages may be destroyed after a 7.6 earthquake in the region.
Damage was extensive in Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan territory divided between India and Pakistan. Officials in the Indian-controlled portion reported at least 190 people killed, including 20 soldiers who perished in a landslide. At least 800 people were injured and about 2,700 homes were destroyed or damaged across Jammu-Kashmir.
The USGS reported at least five aftershocks in Pakistan, with the strongest measuring magnitude 6.3 and located about 70 miles north of Islamabad.
It is national tragedy.
Let's pray for them.
God bless all.
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