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The Kashmir earthquake (also known as the
South Asia earthquake or the Great Pakistan earthquake) of
2005 was a major earthquake, of which the epicenter was the
Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The earthquake occurred at
08:50:38 Pakistan Standard Time on 8th October 2005. It registered
7.6 on the Richter scale making it a major earthquake similar
in intensity to the 1935 Quetta earthquake, the 2001 Gujarat
Earthquake, and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. As of 8
November, the Pakistani government's official death toll was
73,276, while officials say nearly 1,400 people died in Jammu
and Kashmir and fourteen people in Afghanistan.
On
10 October 2005 with more than 140 aftershocks, causing extensive
damage in Pakistan. Reports indicate more than 82,000 people
have been killed and more than 3.3 million people have been
left injured or homeless with more than 1,000 hospitals destroyed.
In
this difficult time the Sigma Motors and Land Rover
joined the hands together and provided the logistic,
financial, medical and moral support to the victims on humanitarian
grounds.
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