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China sends rescue team to quake-hit Pakistan
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-10-09 14:06 The Chinese government sent a
49-member international rescue team Sunday morning to earthquake-hit areas in
Pakistan for humanitarian aids, said sources with the China Seismological Bureau
(CSB).
The team, headed by CSB deputy director Zhao Heping, was composed of 49
rescuers, medical staffs and seismological experts.
The team brought with them six search dogs, eight tons of search equipment
and nine tons of relief materials.
This was the fourth international rescue team that China had sent abroad
since 2003.
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale hit Pakistan at 11:50 a.m.
Saturday (Beijing Time). The epicenter was located about 95 km northeast to
Islamabad, capital of Pakistan.
The earthquake, believed the strongest ever occurred since the founding of
Pakistan, caused destruction of different extents to central and northern parts
of Pakistan. The quake has killed at least 18,000 people and injured 40,000
others, Pakistani military spokesman said on Sunday.
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