A massive earthquake hit Afghanistan, Pakistan and north India killed more than 200 people on Monday.
The epicenter of Monday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake was located in a remote part of Afghanistan, in the Hindu Kush mountains. The powerful quake killed hundreds in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan and was felt as far as India’s New Delhi. Officials have warned that the death toll could rise.
Photos shot across the region in the aftermath of the quake show collapsed buildings and victims being rushed to hospitals to treat injuries.
SRINAGAR – INDIA, OCTOBER 26: Kashmiris take pictures of damages after a powerful earthquake struck northern Afghanistan, with tremors felt as widely as Pakistan and northern India on October 26, 2015 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. The magnitude 7.5 quake was centred in the mountainous Hindu Kush region, 45km (28 miles) south-west of Jarm, the US Geological Survey reported. Over 12 people have been reportedly killed in Pakistan while in Afghanistan at least 12 schoolgirls have died in a stampede during the evacuation process. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/ Getty Images)Pakistani paramedics treat a man injured in an earthquake at a hospital in Peshawar on October 26, 2015. At least 17 people including eight children were killed in Pakistan when a 7.5 magnitude quake struck in Afghanistan October 26, officials said. AFP PHOTO / A MAJEED (Photo credit should read A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)Shoes of Afghan school girls are seen on the ground after an earthquake hit in Takhar province, northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. In Afghanistan’s Takhar province, west of Badakhshan, at least 12 students at a girls’ school were killed in a stampede as they tried to get out of the shaking buildings, a local official says. Sonatullah Taimor, the spokesman for the Takhar provincial governor, says another 30 girls have been taken to the hospital in the provincial capital of Taluqan. (AP Photo/Naim Rahimi)RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN – OCTOBER 26: Debris of buildings and panicked Pakistani residents are seen in the streets following a massive earthquake in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on October 26, 2015. At least 17 killed in Pakistan after 7.5 magnitude quake rocks South Asia. (Photo by Muhammad Reza/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)An Afghan man digs through the rubble of a damaged building after a powerful earthquake in Raman Kheel village in Panjshir valley on October 26, 2015. A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake killed at least 70 people as it rocked south Asia on October 26, including 12 Afghan girls crushed to death in a stampede as they tried to flee their collapsing school. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)A Pakistani boy stands on the rubble of houses after an earthquake in Kohat on October 26, 2015. A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake killed at least 70 people as it rocked south Asia, including 12 Afghan girls crushed to death in a stampede as they tried to flee their collapsing school. Thousands of frightened people rushed into the streets in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India as the quake shook a swathe of the subcontinent. AFP PHOTO / BASIT SHAH (Photo credit should read BASIT SHAH/AFP/Getty Images)People rush an injured woman to a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan rocked cities across South Asia. Strong tremors were felt in Kabul, New Delhi and Islamabad on Monday. In the Pakistani capital, walls swayed back and forth and people poured out of office buildings in a panic, reciting verses from the Quran. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)PUNJAB, PAKISTAN – OCTOBER 26: Pakistani people remove the debris of damaged houses after an earthquake in Sargodha district of Punjab province in Pakistan on October 26, 2015. A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake killed at least 70 people as it rocked south Asia, including 12 Afghan girls crushed to death in a stampede as they tried to flee their collapsing school. (Photo by Azhar Khan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)A man carries a child injured from an earthquake, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan rocked cities across South Asia. Strong tremors were felt in Kabul, New Delhi and Islamabad on Monday. In the Pakistani capital, walls swayed back and forth and people poured out of office buildings in a panic, reciting verses from the Quran. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)An Afghan man clears rubble from a damaged house following a strong earthquake, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter of the 7.5-magnitude earthquake was in the Hindu Kush mountains, in the sparsely populated province of Badakhshan, which borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China. It said the epicenter was 213 kilometers (130 miles) deep and 73 kilometers (45 miles) south of the provincial capital, Fayzabad. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)A Pakistani policeman digs through the debris of collapsed houses after an earthquake in Kohat on October 26, 2015. A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake killed at least 70 people as it rocked south Asia, including 12 Afghan girls crushed to death in a stampede as they tried to flee their collapsing school. AFP PHOTO / BASIT SHAH (Photo credit should read BASIT SHAH/AFP/Getty Images)SRINAGAR – INDIA, OCTOBER 26: Traffic came to a standstill after a powerful earthquake struck northern Afghanistan, with tremors felt as widely as Pakistan and northern India on October 26, 2015 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. The magnitude 7.5 quake was centred in the mountainous Hindu Kush region, 45km (28 miles) south-west of Jarm, the US Geological Survey reported. Over 12 people have been reportedly killed in Pakistan while in Afghanistan at least 12 schoolgirls have died in a stampede during the evacuation process. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/ Getty Images)
