Earthquake shakes UAE, other countries; buildings, hospitals evacuated
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Print Dubai, 16 Apr 2013 (Emirates 24X7): Earthquake shook UAE on Tuesday afternoon for the second time in April.
Residential and commercial buildings and hospitals in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi have been evacuated. People have been standing outside their buildings fearing aftershocks.
According to Emirates 24l7 reporters, Al Garhoud hospital has been evacuated and buildings in Jumeirah Lake Towers and Dubai Marina have been evacuated.
Eyewitnesses said MBC office in Media City have also been evacuated after the tremors.
There have also been reports of mobile phone lines going down.
Tremors were felt for around 15-20 second. There have been three aftershocks.
There have been also been reports of earthquake in different cities of Pakistan.
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I Was sitting on a chair in my appartment..suddenly i felt the shake but couldnt recognise it to be an earthquake .But there was after shakes which eventually made me run out side the flat ..By then so many people gathered on the streets.