Poonch J&K, India

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Pictures showing the devastation

Persons who lost their life

Persons injured in quake

LOC opened to help earthquake victims

Rehabilitation n Reconstruction

An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale rocked district Poonch on Oct 08, 2005 at 9.20 a.m. IST. The epicentre was at 34.432°N, 73.537°E in Muzaffarabad  in POK.  A number of  houses, shops, govt. buildings collapsed or were damaged in the tremor. This earthquake  was the strongest in over 120 years in the area.  Historical building also suffered heavy damage. Poonch is among the worst effected districts in Jammu and Kashmir due to impact of the high magnitude earthquake.

In Poonch ten persons lost their life, 73 persons got  injured and 78 cattle heads were killed  in the tragedy. Public and private property including historical building of Poonch like Fort building, Sheesh Mahal, Bagh Deody, Moti Mahal, Baldev Mahal. Religious places including  Jama Masjid, Masjid Bagialan, Gita Bhawan  etc. also got damaged.

Breif detail of devastation caused in Poonch is as under:-

                No. of Villages effected = 136

                Population affected       = 59000

               Houses damaged:-

                                Fully      = 1524

                                Partialy= 6272

               Loss to life :-

                                Death    = 10

                                Injured= 73

                                Catttle heads = 78

               Religious places damaged:-

                                Fully       = 05

                                Partially= 69