A terrible 7.6 magnitude earthquake in South Asia has killed over 18,000 people in India, Paakistan, Afghanistan and the disputed Kashmir region. This map from a BBC article shows the areas affected by the earthquake. The earthquake has flattened entire towns and villages and destroyed numerous large buildings and apartment complexes. The death toll is expected to rise.
A new blog has been set up by the bloggers who ran the South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog at South Asia Quake Help to provide help and information about this devastating earthquake. Another new blog has also been established called Pakistan Earthquake 2005 by other bloggers.
