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(CNN) -- A major earthquake shook parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan on Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Casualties have been reported in parts of Pakistan, the country's Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmad told CNN. One girl has been reported killed.
Part of a 19-story building collapsed in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. Police in the city of Lahore said at least eight people were injured and four shops were damaged, The Associated Press reported.
CNN's Satinder Bindra in the Indian capital of New Delhi said there were no reports yet of death or damage in India.
The quake hit Islamabad at about 8.50 a.m. local time (0350 GMT) and had a magnitude of 7.6, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.
Dr David Applegate of the USGS told CNN the major quake was "quite shallow" and close to the surface.
The temblor's epicenter was 60 miles (about 100 kilometers) north-northeast of Islamabad and about six miles below the Earth's surface, according to the center's Web site.
"No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time," said a statement released by the center. "However, this earthquake may have caused substantial damage and casualties due to its location and size."
A 7.6 quake is classified as major, according to the scale used by the center. Japan's Meteorological Agency judged the quake's magnitude as a 7.8.
Rescue workers were on the scene of the collapse in Islamabad, but there was no immediate word on casualties there, The Associated Press reported.
Buildings in Islamabad shook and walls swayed for about a minute at 8:50 a.m. local time (0350 GMT). Panicked people ran out of homes and offices in many cities. Slight tremors continued afterward.
The U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site that the quake had a magnitude of 7.6 and that its epicenter was in Pakistan.
Arif Mahmood, a seismological official in the northwestern city of Peshawar, said the earthquake was felt in many parts of Pakistan.
"It was a very strong earthquake," he said, according to AP.
Mohammed Hanif, another seismological official, said the quake appeared to have been strongest in Islamabad.
Local television said the quake caused panic in Islamabad, as well as nearby Rawalpindi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta near the Afghan border.
Residents in the Afghan capital, Kabul, also felt the temblor, fleeing their homes for fear they would collapse.
"We are calling all our officials in the provinces. But we haven't received any reports yet of casualties," said Saed Jawad Qanah, an official in Kabul with the disaster department of the Red Crescent Society, according to AP.
The tremor also affected northern India.
'`It was so strong that I saw buildings swaying. It was terrifying," Hari Singh, a guard in an apartment complex in the New Delhi suburb of Noida, told AP.
Hundreds of residents in the complex ran from their apartments after their beds and couches started shaking.
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Casualties have been reported in parts of Pakistan, the country's Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmad told CNN. One girl has been reported killed.
Part of a 19-story building collapsed in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. Police in the city of Lahore said at least eight people were injured and four shops were damaged, The Associated Press reported.
CNN's Satinder Bindra in the Indian capital of New Delhi said there were no reports yet of death or damage in India.
The quake hit Islamabad at about 8.50 a.m. local time (0350 GMT) and had a magnitude of 7.6, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.
Dr David Applegate of the USGS told CNN the major quake was "quite shallow" and close to the surface.
The temblor's epicenter was 60 miles (about 100 kilometers) north-northeast of Islamabad and about six miles below the Earth's surface, according to the center's Web site.
"No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time," said a statement released by the center. "However, this earthquake may have caused substantial damage and casualties due to its location and size."
A 7.6 quake is classified as major, according to the scale used by the center. Japan's Meteorological Agency judged the quake's magnitude as a 7.8.
Rescue workers were on the scene of the collapse in Islamabad, but there was no immediate word on casualties there, The Associated Press reported.
Buildings in Islamabad shook and walls swayed for about a minute at 8:50 a.m. local time (0350 GMT). Panicked people ran out of homes and offices in many cities. Slight tremors continued afterward.
The U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site that the quake had a magnitude of 7.6 and that its epicenter was in Pakistan.
Arif Mahmood, a seismological official in the northwestern city of Peshawar, said the earthquake was felt in many parts of Pakistan.
"It was a very strong earthquake," he said, according to AP.
Mohammed Hanif, another seismological official, said the quake appeared to have been strongest in Islamabad.
Local television said the quake caused panic in Islamabad, as well as nearby Rawalpindi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta near the Afghan border.
Residents in the Afghan capital, Kabul, also felt the temblor, fleeing their homes for fear they would collapse.
"We are calling all our officials in the provinces. But we haven't received any reports yet of casualties," said Saed Jawad Qanah, an official in Kabul with the disaster department of the Red Crescent Society, according to AP.
The tremor also affected northern India.
'`It was so strong that I saw buildings swaying. It was terrifying," Hari Singh, a guard in an apartment complex in the New Delhi suburb of Noida, told AP.
Hundreds of residents in the complex ran from their apartments after their beds and couches started shaking.
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Powerful earthquake hits Pakistan, Afghanistan, India
The Associated Press
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There was no immediate word on casualties. Rescue workers were on the scene.
The Associated Press
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<!-- end utility box --></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ? A 7-6.-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan on Saturday, and part of a 19-story building collapsed in Islamabad.
There was no immediate word on casualties. Rescue workers were on the scene.
