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[h=4]Scores dead as magnitude 7.5 quake strikes Afghanistan[/h]A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck northern Pakistan on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. CNBC reported that the quake centered in the Hindukush mountain range in the Af-Pak Region, according to
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A deadly 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Afghanistan, Pakistan and India Monday.
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A patient is brought to a hospital after severe earthquake was felt in Mingora, the main town of Pakistan Swat valley, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015.(Photo: Naveed Ali, AP)
Scores<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of people have<span style="color: Red;">*</span>died after a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>magnitude 7.5.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>earthquake struck<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Afghanistan<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on Monday, causing deaths in neighboring Pakistan and tremors<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in India.
The U.S. Geological Survey<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said the epicenter of the quake was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in the far northern Afghan province of Badakhshan, which borders Tajikistan and China.
"Significant casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread," the USGS said.
Pakistani rescue officials said the quake<span style="color: Red;">*</span>caused the deaths of 29 people in northwestern Pakistan, bringing the total death toll<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to 43. the Associated Press reported.
In Afghanistan's Takhar province, west of Badakhshan, at least 12 students were killed in a stampede <span style="color: Red;">*</span>at a girls’ school and at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>least five people died<span style="color: Red;">*</span>when homes collapsed in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>AP<span style="color: Red;">*</span>reported.
In Pakistan, at least 194 injured people were taken to a hospital in the Swat district and over 100 were taken to a hospital in Peshawar, the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>website<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Dawn reported.
People in Afghan capital<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Kabul, India's capital<span style="color: Red;">*</span>New Delhi and Pakistan's capital<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Islamabad reported feeling strong tremors. In Islamabad, walls swayed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and people poured out of office buildings in a panic, reciting verses from the Quran, the AP said.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif<span style="color: Red;">*</span>asked authorities to use<span style="color: Red;">*</span>all resources to help any victims.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The quake caused widespread power outages and cut phone lines in Kabul, according to the AP.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
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