2005 Indian Subcontinent Earthquake

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Pakistan says more than 1,000 people may have died in a powerful quake that also hit north India and Afghanistan.

The quake in Kashmir had a magnitude of at least 7.6. The epicentre was 80km (50 miles) north-east of Islamabad.

Pakistan's interior ministry said several villages had been wiped out. A total of 172 are so far confirmed dead in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Rescuers are trying to reach dozens of residents feared trapped in a building collapse in Islamabad.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who was visiting the site, said the quake was a "test of the nation".

• Initial reports said that they were felt in Delhi, Punjab and Jammu, Afghanistan and Kashmir. At least fifteen people were injured and four shops damaged.

• According to Associated Press at least a dozen people were injured and dozens more were feared trapped in the rubble of a 19-story collapsed building, reported earlier, in Islamabad.

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