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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
7.5 Earthquake In Afghanistan
2015-10-26
The Guardian live blogged events as they occurred -- go to the link for the details. The earthquake follows the early onset of winter, according to Dawn:
“This is the heaviest pre-winter rainfall in Pakistan’s history and has affected more than 80 per cent of country,” said Dr Muhammad Hanif, spokesperson for the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).
Posted by:Grunter

#11  Kabul skyline of six mud huts and a goat shack will never be the same.
Posted by: regular joe   2015-10-26 22:05  

#10  Yee-ouch, #9 Frank. :-D
Posted by: Barbara   2015-10-26 21:59  

#9  #7 - "Reinforcing steel is for infidels. Allah and the Djinns have our back. It says so in the Koran Building Code"
Posted by: Frank G   2015-10-26 21:53  

#8  Super-duper-huge EM light ball seen over post-Midnite Guam's Hagatna Bay + WESTPAC, followed by smaller ones + colored aurorae.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-10-26 20:48  

#7  Saw some disaster pics, and not a bit of reinforcing steel to be seen.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2015-10-26 18:29  

#6  Things keep shaking and Pakistan won't need backpack nukes.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2015-10-26 16:36  

#5  Nice shot, Haliburton.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-10-26 15:48  

#4  Wasn't us! Really!
Posted by: Haliburton Earthquake Division   2015-10-26 15:30  

#3  Damn that Anthropomorphic cooling.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2015-10-26 13:54  

#2  in a part of the world where many houses are pretty rudimentary

fatality count won't be known for a month at least but figure it to exceed 1000
Posted by: lord garth   2015-10-26 13:36  

#1  I felt this in New Delhi. Just some slight jiggling for about 20 seconds.
Posted by: Ebbart Glererong5900   2015-10-26 13:11  

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