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Kashmir Pakistan Hit by a Destructive

Earthquake.
On October 8, 2005, at 850 am foreign time, a magnitude7.6 earthquake shook the
Himalayan region of northern Pakistan and Kashmir. The earthquake was located about nine
kilometers northeast of Muzaffarabad metropolis, required by the Pakistani-controlled part of
Kashmir, known as Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK).
According to the Pakistani government's professional loss of life ante as of November 2005
stood at, although it's unscientific that the demise deaths could reach over. much has been
injured and over3.5 a million rendered homeless. in step with authorities’ calculation, children
died in the earthquake, max of them in sizeable nonachievements of faculty homes. The
earthquake was unauthentic further and further than families. further, about rent animals broke
down due to a swoon of tombstone barns, and increasingly than big animals were wanted
firsthand safe haven from the cruel time-out.
It's read that higher than structures were either destroyed or broken beyond repair, and
multitudinous supernumerary had been rendered unworkable for prolonged times. Out of these,
about order buildings and maximum Major hospitals near the axis have been destroyed or
critically dam-elderly. Lifelines have been admiringly affected, particularly the multiple
important roads and thoroughfares that were closed by landslides and bridge failures. several
regions remained to reduce off via land routes even three months after the main event.
electricity, water source, and telecommunication services were down for various lengths of time,
although in most areas immolations had been restored within some weeks.
Conclusion
Kashmir earthquake caused thousands of landslides and made many diagonals unstable. aged
landslides can also be triggered by earthquake-induced landslides. More than 50 of landslides
were caused by mortal impacts like conversion of forestland land, occupation on exposed
inclines, and construction of roads. The landslides patterns are quantifiably related to ground
shifts. Co-seismic landslides occurred at regions with steep inclines and high roughness under
the influence of strong ground motion. The study shows that seismic landslides increase in
regions near to the core and with accelerating earthquake intensity. It's also worth noting that
fissures and ground cracks which were convinced by the mainshock are still present and pose a
potential threat for coming landslides in case of another earthquake exercise or under extreme
rain conditions. The landslides patterns are quantifiably related to ground shifts. Co-seismic
landslides cooked at regions with steep inclines and high roughness under the influence of
strong ground shift. The study shows that seismic landslides increase in regions near to the focus
and with escalating earthquake intensity. However, the problems of landslides will greatly affect
life and the economy, if landslides hazards aren't adequately designed and mitigated with
accelerating commercialization and urbanization.
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Reference:
All of above information has been taken from following video links.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT0JZdl7XBU.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmMmpV2Icpw.