巴基斯坦地震，20多人死亡

巴基斯坦地震，20多人死亡

An earthquake has shaken northern Pakistan, destroying buildings, cracking roads, killing 22 people and injuring nearly 200 more, government and police officials say.

巴基斯坦政府和警方官员说，巴基斯坦北部发生地震，建筑物被毁，道路被毁，造成22人死亡，近200人受伤。

Photos and video carried by local media showed dozens of collapsed buildings and homes, uprooted trees and cracks in roads large enough to swallow cars in Mirpur, a town on Pakistan's side of the disputed territory of Kashmir near India.

当地媒体发布的照片和视频显示，在米尔普尔，数十座房屋和房屋倒塌，树木被连根拔起，道路裂缝大到足以吞没汽车。米尔普尔位于有争议的克什米尔地区巴基斯坦一侧，靠近印度。

Muhammad Safdar, 60, who lives near Mirpur, said he was in his house when it suddenly started shaking.

穆罕默德萨夫达尔，60岁，住在米尔普尔附近，当时他在自己的房子里，突然开始摇晃。

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"We saw walls and the roof developing cracks and ceiling fans and other articles falling down, and we rushed out into an open field," he told Reuters by telephone. "I have never seen such a devastating earthquake in this area in my life."

他在电话中告诉路透社:“我们看到墙壁和屋顶出现裂缝，吊扇和其他物品掉落，于是我们冲到空旷的地方。我一生中从未在这个地区见过如此毁灭性的地震。”

The magnitude 5.8 quake struck 23km north of Jhelum, roughly 120km southeast of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, at a relatively shallow depth of 10km, the United States Geological Survey reported.

据美国地质调查局(United States Geological Survey)报道，这场5.8级地震发生在Jhelum以北23公里处，震源深度相对较浅，为10公里。Jhelum位于巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡东南约120公里处。

Ramzan Ahmad, 65, who suffered a head injury and bleeding nose, said that he was with his family of seven when his house collapsed.

65岁的拉姆赞·艾哈迈德头部受伤，鼻子流血，他说，房子倒塌时，他和7个家人在一起。

"We all got injuries," he said. "I saw dozens of houses razed on my way to hospital."

“我们都受伤了，”他说。“我在去医院的路上看到几十栋房子被夷为平地。”

District commissioner Mohammad Tayyab, a local government official, and district police chief Irfan Saleem said 22 people were dead and nearly 200 injured.

当地政府官员、地区专员穆罕默德·塔耶卜和地区警察局长伊尔凡·萨利姆表示，22人死亡，近200人受伤。

Army troops with aviation and medical support teams were dispatched, Major General Asif Ghafoor, a spokesman for the Pakistan Armed Forces, said in a tweet.

巴基斯坦武装部队发言人阿西夫·加福尔少将在推特上说，已经派出了航空和医疗支援部队。