Quetta (October 30, 2008): More than 150 people were killed around
Quetta when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck before dawn and destroyed
as many as 20 villages. As many as 3,000 people may have been displaced
as nearly 2,000 houses were destroyed by the earthquake.
Karachi Relief initiative
Karachi Relief took measures to arrest the matter in time to avoid
a wide-spread humanitarian crisis by taking up initiatives to build
shelters for the displaced. Additionally food rations were contributed
among the affectees.
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