8 DIE IN QUAKE NEAR REMOTE PAKISTAN VILLAGE.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 shook western Pakistan early today, killing at least eight people and injuring more than two dozen, hospital officials said. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the U.S. Geological Survey The term geological survey can be used to describe both the conduct of a survey for geological purposes and an institution holding geological information. A geological survey in Golden, Colo., the quake was centered 70 miles east-southeast of Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's least populated province, Baluchistan. Residents and hospital officials in Quetta, about 400 miles southwest of Islamabad, said frightened residents ran from their homes. Many remained outside in the bitter cold for several hours, afraid to return. About 200,000 people live in Quetta, most of them in homes made of sun-dried mud. The dead and wounded lived in the remote outskirts of the city. Officials at the only large hospital in Quetta expected the casualty rate to rise when victims from more remote regions of the province were brought into the city. The quake occurred at 2:08 a.m. local time (1:08 p.m. Thursday PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there ), and was followed by a magnitude-6.3 aftershock af·ter·shock n. 1. A quake of lesser magnitude, usually one of a series, following a large earthquake in the same area. 2. 23 minutes later, according to Frank Baldwin at the center in Colorado. The province of Baluchistan is prone to earthquakes. |
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