Earthquake Rocks Asian countries

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake shakes parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan on Saturday. Thousands were feared dead or injured.

The earthquake has demolished part of a school in Rawalpindi, close to Islamabad, injuring at least two girls. U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Jerry O`Hara says that the quake has been felt at Bagram, the main American base in Afghanistan. However, he doesn?t have reports of damage there or at other bases around the country.

The U.S. Geological Survey says that the quake hit at 8:50 a.m. local time and had a magnitude of 7.6. The quake is centered 58 miles north-northeast of Islamabad. It has a depth of about six miles.

                                 

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