Summary

  • A magnitude 7.5 earthquake has struck northern Afghanistan, with tremors felt as widely as Pakistan, northern India and Central Asia

  • More than 200 people have been killed and hundreds have been injured, mostly in northern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

  • In Afghanistan, at least 50 deaths have been reported, with more than 120 injured

  • All times GMT

  1. Thank you and goodbyepublished at 17:46 Greenwich Mean Time 26 October 2015

    That ends our live coverage of the powerful earthquake that killed more than 200 people on Monday, mostly in Pakistan. You can continue following the latest developments on the BBC News website. We leave you with an image of a young girl being treated for her injuries at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.

    Girl receiving treatment in PeshawarImage source, AP
  2. Landslide fearspublished at 16:50

    Pakistani officials say the earthquake has heightened the risk of further landslides, and of glacial lakes overflowing. 

    Pakistan Geological Survey head Imran Khan told the BBC there were reports of landslides disrupting the Karakoram highway between Gilgit and Baltistan. 

    However, he said it was too early to say if glaciers had been destabilised.

    Recent studies showed more than 30 potentially dangerous glacial lakes in northern Pakistan.

  3. Deep - and not so destructivepublished at 16:42

    Monday's earthquake was very powerful - and it would have caused a lot more damage if it had been any closer to the surface. The BBC's Jonathan Webb explains the science behind the disaster.

  4. Girls' school stampedepublished at 16:37 Greenwich Mean Time 26 October 2015

    These photographs show the aftermath of a stampede, triggered by the earthquake, at an Afghan school. At least 12 girls died, all of them under 16, when pupils in Taluqan, northern Afghanistan, rushed for the exit.

    The abandoned shoes of Afghan schoolgirls involved in a deadly stampede are seen outside a school following an earthquake in Takhar ProvinceImage source, AFP/Getty
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    The girls' shoes lie abandoned after the stampede

    An Afghan schoolgirl injured in a stampede lays on a hospital bed after an earthquake hit Takhar ProvinceImage source, AFP/Getty
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    The injured are being treated in hospital

    An Afghan schoolgirl injured in a stampede is comforted in her bed as she receives treatment in a hospitalImage source, AFP/Getty
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    An injured schoolgirl is comforted at her bedside

  5. Rawalpindi Metro bridge shakingpublished at 15:58

    Twitter user ChalPakaMat, external has posted video of an overpass used by buses in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi swaying during the earthquake.

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  6. Landslide in northern Pakistanpublished at 15:43

    Internet users have posted video that appears to show a landslide, triggered by the earthquake, in the Hunza region of Pakistan.

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  7. Iran offers aidpublished at 15:54

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    Iran is ready to send rescue workers and humanitarian aid to areas affected by the earthquake, the country's IRNA news agency reports.

  8. Damage in Dir, Pakistanpublished at 15:10 Greenwich Mean Time 26 October 2015

    Engr Ahmad Shah, external has been tweeting pictures of the damage in Dir, northern Pakistan.

  9. US offers to helppublished at 15:00

    Earlier the Pentagon confirmed that it had not been asked to provide assistance in Afghanistan. 

    Now the US Agency for International Development has confirmed that it has received no requests for aid from either Pakistan or Afghanistan, but it is ready to help when asked. 

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    The United States stands ready to help should either government request international assistance. However, there are no requests for international assistance at this time.

    Sam Ostrander, US Agency for International Development

  10. Google helps track the missingpublished at 14:51

    Google has launched a service to help locate people affected by the earthquake in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Visitors to its People Finder website can enter information themselves, or search for data provided by others. Google says it cannot verify the information. The tech giant provided a similar service after the earthquake in Nepal earlier this year.

  11. Tremors in Indiapublished at 14:47

    Patients at a hospital in JammuImage source, AP
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    Patients at the Government Medical College hospital in the north Indian city of Jammu relocate outdoors after tremors from the quake

  12. US military not asked to provide assistancepublished at 13:56

    The US military has around 10,000 troops still stationed in Afghanistan. However, the Pentagon has told the BBC that they have not received any requests for assistance from the Afghan government. A spokesman said that no US facilities had been damaged by the quake. 

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    At this time we have no reports of damage to Resolute Support installations in the country, and we have not received any requests for assistance in recovery efforts. We will let you know if that changes.

    Col Michael Lawhorn, Pentagon spokesman

  13. Indian PM Modi tweetspublished at 13:52

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he has contacted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and offered all "possible assistance".

  14. 'I heard the roaring'published at 13:38

    BBC World Have Your Say have been speaking to Azra in Pakistan, who describes what it was like as the quake struck.

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  15. Reservoirs checked for damagepublished at 13:32

    Pakistan’s ministry of water and power has been running checks on all its major reservoirs and hydropower plants - it reports that none have been damaged.

  16. Hundreds at Peshawar hospitalpublished at 13:29

    A girl in hospitalImage source, EPA

    The Pakistan province of Peshawar appears to have been hit hard by the earthquake. Hundreds of people have rushed to the hospital there, with reports of at least six deaths caused by the quake. 

    Man carries victim to hosptialImage source, EPA
  17. Appeal to aid agenciespublished at 13:10

    Afghan CEO Abdullah Abdullah tweets

    The second most senior politician in the Afghan government has appealed for help from aid agencies. 

  18. Quake-prone regionpublished at 12:47

    The region has a history of powerful earthquakes caused by India and central Asia colliding on a tectonic fault-line. 

    Ten years ago, a magnitude 7.6 quake in Pakistan-administered Kashmir left more than 75,000 people dead.

    Last April, Nepal suffered its worst earthquake with 9,000 people killed and about 900,000 homes damaged or destroyed.  

  19. Landslides in Pakistanpublished at 12:35

    Video and pictures have emerged, appearing to show landslides in the northern Pakistan province of Gilgit. 

    More here on the Gilgit Community Facebook page. , external

    Reports say that at least three people have died in the province. 

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