The disaster desk was activated on September 24th after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck 69km NNE of Awaran, Pakistan. The earthquake was felt across Pakistan and India. Houses were reported damaged across city of Awaran, 2 schools collapsed and the Deputy speaker #Balochistan Assembly says 30 killed in Awaran.
Volunteers performed media monitoring and tracked social media for impacts to communications, locations, officials and response. Our India regional team lead published did you feel it and earthquake tips in English, Hindi and Urdu. A situation report was also provided.
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What Happened |
Sep 24 10:20 pm Local Update: According to latest reports, the death toll has mounted to over 150 and tally of injured persons has reached to several hundreds. District Awaran of Balochistan has been affected most in today’s earthquake, where it has caused most of the casualties and destruction in many remote areas. (source: Samaa TV) Original Summary M7.8 – 69km NNE of Awaran, Pakistan 27.016°N 65.547°E depth=15.0km (9.3mi). The earthquake was felt across Pakistan and India. Houses were reported damaged across city of Awaran as 7.8 quake strikes Pakistan, roofs of 2 schools collapsed – local media http://on.rt.com/vs8jg4 Deputy speaker #Balochistan Assembly says 30 killed in Awaran due to severe #earthquake #Pakistan 7.7 Tues, 24 Sept 2013, 16:29:49 PST, 10, 120 km SW of Khuzdar, Balochistan, 27.09N, 65.61, 5.7 Tues, 24 Sept 2013, 17:07:01 PST, 114, Mitthi, Sindh 5.7, 24.51N, 69.69E 5.2 Tues, 24 Sept 2013, 17:42:16 PST, 26, 66 km SW of Khuzdar, 5.2, 27.30N, 65.80E Volunteers performed media monitoring and tracked social media for impacts to communications, locations, officials and response. Paras is regional team lead and published did you feel it and earthquake tips in English, Hindi and Urdu. |
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National & Regional Links |
National Disaster Pakistan page: http://www.ndma.gov.pk/new/ Provencial Disaster Management Authority Balochistan http://www.pdma.gob.pk/ |
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Emergency Numbers |
Ambulance 115 Fire Brigade 16 Police 15 |
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Communications |
Unconfirmed: @SedraHassan Ufone and ptcl are only working while other telecommunication are not working in #Earthquake effected area of #quetta” UFone http://www.ufone.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ufone Earthquake Reporter – Around 200000 people are without power and are in the worst affected epicentral area. This is around 45 times less than the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. |
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Utilities |
Oil and gas companies
bit.ly/1gWrQ5O Telecommunications companies
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Traditional Media and blogs |
http://www.samaa.tv/ At least 50 die in Balochistan earthquake BBC Urdu – http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/ BBC Urdu – Machine Translated to English |
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Twitter list to follow https://twitter.com/HumanityRoad/lists/pakistan Journalist in Balochistan: @adi_baloch Verified Accounts in Pakistan: @samsung_pk @PakistanLFC @bbcurdu @usembislamabad @USCGLahore @usconsulatekhi |
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Hashtags |
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PDMA: Facebook Correspondent for GEO News https://www.facebook.com/faizan.lakhani2 |
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Maps and Situational awareness reports |
Map of Balochistan, Pakistan with list of towns bit.ly/1b9otLE Situation Reports: USGS Sitrep GDACS Sitrep |
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Apps |
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Survive |
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Hospitals |
List of hospitals in Pakistan bit.ly/1bDtrzH |
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Sustain |
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Shelters |
See list of Red Crescent for Pakistan http://prcs.org.pk/prcs/?cat=55 |
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Reunite |
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Red Cross |
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies bit.ly/18VlP4k |
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Urgent Needs Information |
Unconfirmed: @UbaidAwan #Earthquake areas faces now shortage of medicines and doctors at local hospitals, @SAMAATV reported #Balochistan #Awaran #Pakistan |
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Dams |
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Transportation, Infrastructure and Road Conditions: |
Social media and mainstream news media are reporting multiple towns are impacted with heavy impacts to the Awaran District. (source) There are reports of casualties in other areas of the province including Turbat, Gwadar, Mashkel and Dalbadin (source). A lot of damage has occurred in the Khuzdar district in the Arawan area via Earthquake Reporter Lasbela District is reported to have impacts The district consists of nine tehsils, Bela, Uthal, Hub, Lakhra, Somiani, Dureaji, Lairi, Gaddani and Konnaj. The district has 27 patwar circles and 293 mauzas (villages).
Kuzdhar is city in Khuzdar District with District population estimated to be over 525,000 Khuzdar is at the apex of a narrow valley at an elevation of 1,237 metres (4,058 ft). – loc 27°48′N 66°37′ |
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Animals in Disaster |
Animal Welfare and Rescue NGOs bit.ly/16WXVc8
Wildlife Rescues/Sanctuaries in Pakistan Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary |
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Fakes & |
Reports of conflicting depths from zero to 20km deep GDACS Earthquake Magnitude 7.7M, Depth: 0km USGS 7.7M depth=20.0km (12.4mi) pmdnmcc Seismic Monitoring Center 7.7M 10 km deep Pakistan alert levels24 Sep 00:00UTC Due to some technical difficulties, the GDACS system initially evaluated the Pakistan earthquake of 24/09 as an Orange alert. After the issues were fixed, the alert level was updated to Red |
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Video and photos |
Photo images of reportedly new Island of Gwadar coast http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=72136&CID=1 http://tribune.com.pk/story/608602/earthquake-strikes-pakistan/ http://talkshows.tv.com.pk/2013/09/island-surfaced-gawadar-balochistan-earthquake.html |
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Volunteers |
Volunteers reporting in: Bettie, Chris, Cat, Alice, Cindy, Paras |