Powerful earthquake shakes South Asia

A massive earthquake struck northeastern Afghanistan, and the death toll continued to climb past 100 on Monday, as residents tried to clear away debris and nurse the injured.

The 7.5-magnitude quake hit the mountainous Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, and shockwaves reached northern Pakistan and parts of India.

Mud-brick houses and at least one school in Takhar province collapsed, and portions of the Afghan capital Kabul lost power. Buildings shook in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and panicked people ran out into the streets, reported the Associated Press. The quake also rattled the disputed Kashmir region of Pakistan and India, damaging roads and bridges.

“I thought it was the end of the world,” said shopkeeper Iqbal Bhat in Srinagar in Kashmir Valley.

Rescue workers carry a girl who was injured by an earthquake, into a hospital in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Oct. 26. Photo by Parwiz/Reuters

Rescue workers carry a girl who was injured by an earthquake, into a hospital in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Oct. 26. Photo by Parwiz/Reuters

A boy, who was injured during an earthquake, leans on his father's shoulder after receiving first aid at hospital in Mingora, Swat, Pakistan on Oct. 26. Photo by Hazrat Ali Bacha/Reuters

A boy, who was injured during the earthquake, leans on his father’s shoulder after receiving first aid at hospital in Mingora, Swat, Pakistan. Photo by Hazrat Ali Bacha/Reuters

A man clears rubble in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, after part of his house collapsed during an earthquake in the northern part of the country on Oct. 26. Photo by Parwiz/Reuters

A man clears rubble in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, after part of his house collapsed. Photo by Parwiz/Reuters

Residents gather in Mingora, Swat, Pakistan, to clear a path through rubble caused by an earthquake in northern Afghanistan on Oct. 26. Photo by Hazrat Ali Bacha/Reuters

Residents gather in Mingora, Swat, Pakistan, to clear a path through rubble caused by the earthquake in northern Afghanistan. Photo by Hazrat Ali Bacha/Reuters

Kashmiri women stand outside a building they vacated following tremors felt in Srinagar on Oct. 26. A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck in northeastern Afghanistan on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, sending tremors to India and Pakistan. Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters

Kashmiri women stand outside a building they vacated following tremors felt in Srinagar, in the Kashmir Valley Monday. Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters

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