Twitter reports on #earthquake

Eye witnesses, politicians took to Twitter to share updates and express condolences


Web Desk October 26, 2015
Paramedics treat a girl injured in an earthquake at a hospital in Peshawar on October 26, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

A powerful 7.5 magnitude quake struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region Monday and was felt throughout much of South Asia.

The US Geological Survey put the epicentre near Jurm in northeast Afghanistan, 250 kilometres from the capital Kabul and at a depth of 213.5 km.

The epitcentre is close to the site of an October 2005 quake which had a 7.6 magnitude quake and killed more than 75,000 people, displacing some 3.5 million more, although that quake was much shallower.

Here are all the eyewitness accounts, reactions on Twitter. The most latest tweets will be displayed below:

















https://twitter.com/ResycleBenLadin/status/658617819693756417











https://twitter.com/Nidabutt9/status/658609527948976128





https://twitter.com/Aqseyy/status/658607367509188609



https://twitter.com/Natrani/status/658593173065830400



https://twitter.com/Za1d/status/658592427536744448

































https://twitter.com/ZaidZamanHamid/status/658592728666808321









https://twitter.com/sharmeenochinoy/status/658583048330547200





COMMENTS (4)

Pakistan | 8 years ago | Reply Prime Minister of Pakistan is directing all rescue operations personally from London.
abreez | 8 years ago | Reply I was paralyze for a moment when I was feeling earthquake, that was stronger than 2005, remembering all the pain I had in 2005 I prayed, dear lord save us from all the sufferings and pains.
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