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To: long-gone who wrote (79560)11/24/2001 2:44:17 PM
From: Gord Bolton  Respond to of 116892
 
Meanwhile back at the cave,

Holy bat poop al-Qaida man

What was that?

November 24, 2001

Powerful Quake Shakes Afghanistan
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


Filed at 2:39 a.m. ET

PESHAWAR, Pakistan AP) -- A powerful earthquake shook remote areas of northeastern Afghanistan early Saturday, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported.

The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, had its epicenter about 180 miles north of the Pakistani border city of Peshawar, in the Hindu Kush mountain range.

The temblor rattled windows and shook buildings in Peshawar and in the eastern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad, according to Pakistan's meteorological center in Peshawar.

It could also be felt in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, about 120 miles to the southwest.