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South Asia Earthquake October 2005

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Webpage link	Description	Task
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/ countrys/asia/pk.htm Information Level C/D	Map of Asia and more detailed map of Pakistan.	Click on the mountains north of Pakistan (green) to find the part of Kashmir ruled by Pakistan . Where was the epicentre of the earthquake?
http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/ local-bin/quakes/mapscript/ show_map.pl Information Level C	Map of the world with tectonic plate boundaries.	Go to Zoom in to a Continent then Asia . Click on earthquake data, prediction data, physical data or human data then Refresh Map for more information.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ world/ south_asia/4322582.stm Information Level D	The cause of the earthquake.	Why did this earthquake happen in Pakistan ? What is to be expected in the future?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ in_depth/south_asia/2005/ south_asia_quake/ default.stm Information Level D	BBC site- lots of links to useful information about the South Asia Earthquake. Information about the Earthquake. Reports from Correspondents, Eye Witness reports, links to photographs.	In which different ways were the people who live in the area of the earthquake affected by it? Who else was affected? How? Watch video news.
http://www.eeri.org/lfe/ clearinghouse/ kashmir/reports/ kashmir_eeri_1st_report.pdf Information Level D	Eight page report about 8 th October Earthquake in Kashmir, Pakistan and India.	How did the way that houses were built add to the dangerous effects of the earthquake?
www.unicef.org.uk/press/ news_detail.asp?news_id=763 Information Level D	UNICEF website. How the United Nations responded to the earthquake.	What did UNICEF need to do straight away when responding to the earthquake? What were the more long term projects?
www.channel4.com/ news/ special-reports/ asian_earthquake.html Information Level C	Channel 4 news reports of the earthquake and its aftermath.	Click on the photos then watch the report to watch the news video.
www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk/ Earthquake2005.aspx Information Level D	Regular updates from the Pakistani government of the news and events related to the earthquake October 2005 – present.	Read the press releases to follow the news of the relief effort as it happened. Read the Human stories of amazing rescues.

October 2006

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