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Humanity Road – Afghanistan / Pakistan Activation: Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake Publication Date: 26 October 2015 10:00pm AFG Social Media Situation Report #1

Highlights A powerful earthquake struck northern Afghanistan on October 26 at 1:39pm local time. Tremors were felt in Pakistan, northern India, and Tajikistan. The magnitude 7.5 quake was centered in the mountainous Hindu Kush region, 75km (46 miles) south of Faizabad, according to the US Geological Survey. (source) According to social media reports, damages have occurred in Badakhshan, Kunar, Nagarhar, and Takhar provinces in Afghanistan. At least 16 children died in a school in Taluqan, Takhar province. There are reports of landslides blocking the Kabul-Jalalabad highway. In Pakistan, the provinces of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Gilgit Baltistan, and Punjab have been impacted. KP received the most damage, especially the district of Chitral. Medicins san Frontieres has treated at least 133 emergency patients at Timergara Hospital, and Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar has asked for blood donations of all types. The Pakistan military is conducting rescues and assessing damages. There are reports of landslides blocking the Karakorum highway, and landslides in Neelum and Hunza Valleys. Access the live updated report http://humanityroad.org/afgquakesitrep/

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Situation Report: Earthquake Afghanistan / Pakistan, Oct. 26th 2015

Situation Report – (period covered: Oct 26, 2015 AFT, UTC/GMT +4:30) Prepared by: Humanity Road / Animals in Disaster Follow: @Humanityroad / @Disasteranimals / @jAIDDog

Situation Overview

Background: A powerful earthquake struck northern Afghanistan on October 26 at 1:39pm local time. Tremors were felt in Pakistan, northern India, and Tajikistan. The magnitude 7.5 quake was centred in the mountainous Hindu Kush region, 75km (46 miles) south of Faizabad, according to the US Geological Survey. (source) Buildings were evacuated in the capitals of all three countries, and communications were disrupted in many areas. Initial reports speak of people killed in Afghanistan as well as in Pakistan. Officials said the quake happened at a depth of 212km. The magnitude was initially put at 7.7 but later downgraded. AFG = Afghanistan GB = Gilgit–Baltistan region of #Pakistan #GB #HunzaValley #Gilgit KPK = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan UNOCHA Flash Update – Badakshan Earthquake #1, 26 Oct 2015. Afghanistan Highlights: 26 Oct: ● Kunar Province:

○ Tribal elders in Kunar's Sawkay district report one village was hit in Dewagal valley, after a mountain slide. Children and women among injured. (source)

○ Kunar officials say 100s of homes destroyed in the province. At least 32 people dead and 83 injured. Hundreds of cattle dead across province. (source)

○ Officials in Kunar province say at least 14 people have been killed in Kunar province and 40 injured. More than 200 homes have been destroyed or damaged. (source)

● Badakhshan Province: ○ Unconfirmed reports of severe damage & deaths in Badakshan's Kishim district.

(source) ○ The Badakhshan governor reports 10 killed including a woman, 24 wounded.

1428 houses are destroyed in Warduj, Keshem & Sheghnan districts. (source) ● Nangarhar Province:

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○ Health officials in Nangarhar report 7 dead and 77 wounded (unconfirmed). (source)

● Takhar Province: ○ At least 12 girls died, all of them under 16, when pupils in Taluqan, northern

Afghanistan, rushed for the school exit. (source) Pakistan Highlights: 26 Oct: ● Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan is appealing for blood of all types.

(source) ● The Pakistan Information Minister says Dir, Swat, Shangla, Peshawar, Charsadda,

Mardan, Bajaur and Mohmand Agency were the most affected areas. (source) ● Azad Jammu and Kashmir:, (AJK. Azad Kashmir)

○ Reports of landslides in Neelum Valley, Pakistan. Ambulances and rescue workers are reaching the area. (source)

○ Pakistan’s NDMA initial report shows 7 injured, 1 dead, and 0 houses damaged. (source)

● Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (PKP): ○ Mansehra district officials report they have successfully evacuated more than

1000 vehicles from Naran Kaghan and Batakindi areas despite heavy rain and snow. (source) Only 10 vehicles remaining at Naran, couldn't move due to faults. They will be evacuated tomorrow early morning. (source)

○ Mansehra District: Around 20 police & 12 laborers stuck at Basel area. They will be evacuated by helicopter tomorrow as the weather clears. (source)

○ According to Pakistan’s military: Monday's quake has killed 123 and wounded 956 in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. (source) Army helicopters and C-130 planes have launched damage assessment/rescue work (source) The majority of deaths occurred in the Malakand district. (source)

○ Chitral, near the Afghan border, was reportedly badly hit. There have been landslides, extensive damage to infrastructure and a lot of old houses have been completely damaged. (source)

○ Immediate influx of seriously injured in MSF-run ER department of Timergara hospital, PKP province – 133 patients so far. (source) MSF-India is sending additional emergency medical supplies to help response in Timergara. (source)

● Gilgit Baltistan Region: ○ Pakistan’s NDMA initial report shows 13 injured, 6 dead, and 3 houses damaged.

(source) ● Punjab Province:

○ Pakistan’s NDMA initial report shows 52 injured, 5 dead, and 10 houses

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damaged. (source)

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National Government Links

Afghanistan: Office of the President Ministry of Interior Affairs ● Directorate of Media and Public Affairs, Spokesman Office

○ Facebook ○ Twitter: @moiafghanistan ○ Google+ ○ Flickr ○ YouTube ○ RSS Feed

Ministry of Defense Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Unicef Afghanistan Pakistan: Pakistan Army Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority, Facebook

Oct 26 - National Disaster Management Authority asks the public to help in damage assessment by calling and reporting NDMA at UAN: 111 157 157. (source) On facebook they are requesting that all people traveling by road from or to different destinations in KPK, Punjab, AJK and GB must report damages if observed enroute to NDMA at UAN.

Regional/Local Links

Afghanistan Badakhshan Province - Badakhshan Province is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the farthest northeastern part of the country between Tajikistan and northern Pakistan. It shares a 56.5 miles border with China. Wikipedia Area: 17,011 mi² Population: 904,700 (2012) Kunar Province - Kunar is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad. It has a population of about 428,800, most of which are ethnic Pashtuns with about 5% being Nuristanis. Nangarhar Province - Nangarhar is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It is divided into twenty-two districts and has a population of about 1,436,000. The city of Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar province. Wikipedia Area: 2,983 mi²

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Population: 1.436 million (2013) Takhar Province - Takhar is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeast of the country next to Tajikistan. It is surrounded by Badakhshan in the east, Panjshir in the south, and Baghlan and Kunduz in the west. Wikipedia Area: 4,762 mi² Population: 933,700 (2012) Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), Twitter: @PDMAK Tajikistan Khatlon Region province - Farkhor District

Emergency Numbers

Emergency Phone Numbers Afghanistan: Emergency: 112 or 119 Police: 119 Medical: 102 Fire: 119 Pakistan: Emergency: 112 Police: 15 Medical: 115 Fire: 16 Sea/Mountain Rescue: 1122 Swat Valley and Buner District, KPK Deputy Commissioner - 09469240338 SMS - ‘DCS’ to 8333 Information Helplines: Pakistan: ● PTV information hotlines: (source)

○ 0519206978 ○ 03006337544

● Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province information hotlines: (source) ○ 091-9213845 ○ 091-9213959 ○ 091-9223662

● KP Province: Health Dept numbers for communication of injured & dead: (source) ○ 091-9212339

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○ 091-9210269 ○ Fax 091-9210230 ○ Cell 03339158731

Foreign Nationals ● U.S. citizens in Afghanistan: for emergency assistance please contact

[email protected] or call us at +93 (0)700-108-001. (source) Reunification Numbers and Websites: ● Facebook Safety Check ● Google Person Finder

Maps/Situational Awareness

USGS Report Google Crisis Map Pacific Disaster Center Report Earthquake Reporter Report

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areas where the earthquake struck the Hindu Kush mountains 7.7 Richter: Source

Source

Red Cross / Red Crescent Offices & Contact Information Afghanistan: Afghan Red Crescent 5th District Oargha Road

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Headquarter Office Kabul Phone: +93 799652893 E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected] URL: http://www.redcrescent.af Pakistan: Pakistan Red Crescent National Headquarter Sector H-8 Islamabad Phone: (92) (51) 925 04 04/925 0744/925 0776 Fax: (92) (51) 925 04 08 E-Mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.prcs.org.pk Twitter: https://twitter.com/PRC_official Pakistan Red Crescent National Disaster Response Team has been dispatched for AJK, GB and KPK Earthquake. Our rescue teams have shifted many injured to different hospitals,as per initial reports 81 people have been died while over 300 injured. via @PRC_official

Hospitals

Afghanistan: Status: ● Nangarhar public health hospital has so far received over 70 injured and 6 fatalities.

(source) Hospitals: ● Nangarhar University Hospital, Jalalabad, Afghanistan ● Hassanzai Curative Hospital, Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Phone:+93 70 060 2350 ● Jalalabad University Hospital, GPS: 34.436611, 70.446350, A1, Jalalabad, Afghanistan ● Fatima Zahra Hospital, Jalalabad, Asadabah City, THANA TOWN, Coordinates:

34°26'15"N 70°26'47"E ● Sehat Ama Hospital, GPS: 34.437664, 70.437614, Sehat-Ama Hospital is next to

Kambū Khwaṟ and is located in Nangarhār, Afghanistan. Pakistan: Status: 26 Oct: ● There has been an nflux of seriously injured in the MSF-run ER department of

Timergara hospital, PKP province – 133 patients so far. (source) ● 194 injured were brought to Swat's Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital, which does not have

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adequate medical facilities. (source) ● Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar has appealed for blood of all types. (source) ● An emergency has been declared in all health facilities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

to provide medical facilities to the injured. (source)

Hospitals: ● Lady Reading Hospital, Andar Shehr, Peshawar, Pakistan ● Timergara Hospital, Hospital Road, Timergara, Pakistan (source)

Schools Afghanistan: 26 Oct: ● High school collapsed in Saray Sang, Takhar Province. At least 11 children were killed

and 25 injured in a stampede to escape the building. (source) Pakistan: 26 Oct: ● All schools and colleges of Dir Upper will be closed tomorrow. (source) ● University of Swat all campuses will remain closed for students on 27,28 and 29

October. (source)

Airports

Flights and Airport Status: Airports: List of airports in Afghanistan List of airports in Pakistan

Roads, Bridges

Afghanistan: 26 Oct: ● Drivers on Kabul-Jalalabad highway report the main highway is closed to traffic after

earthquake. Big stones collapsed from mountains. (source) Pakistan: 26 Oct: ● Reported landslide in Gilgit around bridge near Danyore. Damage to bridge unknown.

(source) ● Reports that sections of the Karakorum highway, the only land route linking Pakistan to

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China, were cut off by landslides. (source)

Communications

Status of Communication Networks 26 Oct: ● Reported that phones are not working in Gilgit, Hunza, and Gojal, Pakistan. (source) ● Some mobile networks are down in Afghanistan and we are still figuring out to main our

contacts with the provinces we couldn't contact so far. (source) Communications Companies & Contact Information Telecommunications companies in Pakistan Pakistan UFone, Facebook Pakistan Mobilink, Facebook Amateur Radio International radio call sign prefixes by country Radio Afghanistan on 7200 kHz Pakistan Amateur Radio Society, Facebook

Water

Status of Water Supply Companies & Contact Information Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority

Power & Fuel Status of Power & Gas 26 Oct: ● According to Ministry of Water and Power, all hydropower installations were safe in the

wake of severe #earthquake. (source) Companies & Contact Information Power companies in Pakistan Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority Oil and gas companies in Pakistan

Pictures and Videos

Video - compilation from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India

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Video of earthquake in office, unconfirmed, location unknown Afghanistan: Photo: Children die in stampede as they flee buildings. Photo: Photo of damages. Pakistan: Photo:Photo Compilation. Photo: Landslide around bridge near Danyore, Pakistan Video Gilgit Bridge, Hunza Valley Photo: Landslide in Nagar Photos: Landslide in Hunza Valley Photos: Damage in Dir India: Video from supermarket, Delhi

Facebook

Facebook Accounts of Interest Afghanistan: Ministry of Internal Affairs Ministry of Defense TOLOnews Khaama Press Pakistan: Pakistan Army Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority Pakistan Red Crescent

Twitter

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Hashtags: Official event hashtags: #AfghanQuake #EarthquakePakistan Location Hashtags: #AFG (Afghanistan) #Afghanistan #Pakistan #GB (Gilgit–Baltistan region, Pakistan) #HunzaValley #Gilgit #KPK (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan) #KPUpdates #KPKUpdates Twitter Accounts of Interest Afghanistan: @USEmbassyKabul - US Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan @afgexecutive - Chief Executive of Afghanistan @AyazGul64 - journalist @MujMash - writer @bsarwary - journalist Pakistan: @PRC_Official - Pakistan Red Crescent @AsimBajwaISPR - Pakistan Army Public Relations @ChitralPolice - Police of Chitral @DC_Chitral @PTIofficial - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice) @PDMAKP - Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan @infokpgovt - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government information @KPKUpdates - news from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province @MTILRH - Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan @OCHAPakistan - UNOCHA in Pakistan @MSF_Ind - Medicins Sans Frontieres, India (responding in Pakistan) @RadioPakistan - Radio Pakistan @Rabeelch - journalist @TahirImran - journalist @ShirazHassan - journalist Regional: @atanzeem - journalist

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Traditional Media and Blogs

Newspapers Khaama Press BBC Persian Afghan Post Television Stations Afghanistan ● TOLOnews ● TOLOnews - YouTube ● 1TV ● Ariana News ● Ariana TV ● RTA ● SATV

Pakistan ● .Ary News - Ary News is a 24/7 news TV channel based in Karachi, Pakistan. ● .Dawat-e-Islami is a global non-political movement for the propagation of Quran and

Sunnah and is based in Karachi, the Capital of Pakistan. ● .Dawn News is a 24/7 Urdu news channel based in Karachi and is a subsidiary of

Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL), Pakistan's largest English-language media group.

● .Dunya TV a news and current affairs television channel from Pakistan in Lahore, Pakistan

● .Geo News is a Karachi-based news channel ● .Hadi TV is a religious satellite television channel. ● .Minhaj TV is a satellite television station from Lahore, Pakistan. The channel provides

news and Islamic Religious shows as a service of Minhaj-ul-Quran International. ● .n Vibe TV is an independent, private global Satellite TV channel based in Karachi and

is supported in Pakistan by Media Unlimited (Pvt.) Ltd (MUPL). ● .PCN TV is a Christian channel ● .Raah TV is an infotainment TV channel based in Karachi. ● .Royal News is a 24/7 News TV channel based in Lahore, Capital of the Pakistani

province of Punjab. ● .Samaa TV is a privately owned satellite News and current affairs TV channel ● .Sindh TV News LIVE is the first Sindhi channel of Pakistan targeting the Sindhi

speaking community and is owned by Dolphan Media House. ● .VSH News is a Balochi TV channel owned by the Visionary Balochistan Media

Corporation. ● .WAQT News

Radio Stations ● Radio Pakistan (streaming on website)

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