Hundreds die in South Asia quake
Last Updated: Saturday, 8 October 2005, 13:06 GMT 14:06 UKPakistan says more than 1,000 people may have died in a powerful quake that also hit north India and Afghanistan. The quake with a magnitude of at least 7.6 had the epicentre 80km (50 miles) north-east of Islamabad.
At least 500 died in North-West Frontier province in Pakistan and 1,700 were injured. In Indian-administered Kashmir, 200 are confirmed dead.
Rescuers are trying to reach dozens of residents feared trapped in a building that collapsed in Islamabad.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who was visiting the site, said the quake was a "test of the nation".
Map of earthquake
Shortly after he spoke an aftershock struck Islamabad, forcing people from their homes.
The first tremor, which was registered at 0350 GMT, was felt by residents as far away as the Afghan capital, Kabul, and India's capital, Delhi.
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Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan, President's Musharraf's spokesman, said: "Casualties will be high... they could be well over 1,000.
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