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19 Jan 2000

Afghanistan
Strong quake jolts north Pakistan, Afghanistan

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— Reuters - AlertNet
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rocked northern Pakistan and parts of neighbouring Afghanistan on Wednesday, but there was no immediate report of damage, residents and officials said.

The quake hit at 12:10 p.m. (0710 GMT), jolting buildings in the Pakistani capital Islamabad and several other cities, and the Afghan capital Kabul, residents said.

A seismic centre in the northern Pakistani town of Peshawar said its preliminary analysis measured the quake strength at six on the Richter scale, which can cause widespread damage. Its epicentre

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19 Jan 2000

Afghanistan
UN agency to send assessment team to quake-hit Afghanistan

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— Agence France-Presse
GENEVA, Jan 19 (AFP) - The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it would send an assessment team to a remote area in Afghanistan which was the epicentre of an earthquake that shook parts of central and south Asia Wednesday.

The team, which will leave Thursday, will go to Faizibad, a mountainous and largely unpopulated region in northern Afghanistan, from where the temblor rippled out to touch other countries, including Pakistan and Uzbekistan, said an OCHA official, Rudolf Mueller.

OCHA did not give any indication of damage

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19 Jan 2000

Afghanistan
Afghanistan - Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 1

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2000/0007
Afghanistan - Earthquake
OCHA Situation Report No. 1
19 January 2000

1. A strong earthquake hit the Hindu Kush range in northern Afghanistan in the morning of Wednesday 19 January 2000. According to a preliminary report from the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake measured 6.3 on the Richter scale with the epicentre situated at latitude 36.2 degrees north and longitude 70.4 degrees east, approximately 250 kms north of Peshawar in Pakistan. Its origin time was 07.09 hrs GMT or 11.39 hrs local time in Afghanistan. The Swiss Seismological

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