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Strongest Afghan quake since 1949 prompts hunt for survivors

Afghanistans strongest earthquake in more than six decades shook buildings across South Asia.

By Eltaf Najafizada, Bloomberg, Kamran Haider, Bloomberg | Updated on October 26, 2015
An Afghan man clears rubble from a damaged house following a strong earthquake, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter of the 7.5-magnitude earthquake was in the Hindu Kush mountains, in the sparsely populated province of Badakhshan, which borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China. It said the epicenter was 130 miles deep and 45 miles south of the provincial capital, Fayzabad. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

(Bloomberg) — Afghanistan’s strongest earthquake in more than six decades shook buildings across South Asia, prompting officials from Kabul to Islamabad to New Delhi to send out rescue teams to search for survivors. More than 130 people died.

A 7.5 magnitude quake struck 254 kilometers (158 miles) north of the Afghan capital at a depth of 213 kilometers at 2:39 p.m. Indian time, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was the first major temblor in the region since April, when a 7.8 earthquake in Nepal killed more than 8,000 people and triggered deadly avalanches on Mount Everest.

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