This thread isn't about Hurricane Katrina, or established national bias, or anything of that nature. This is about the Pakistani/Kashmiri/Indian earthquake, and that's what will be discussed in this thread.

Personally, I'm curious as to whether this is something of a geological trend for that area of the world at this time. Well, first and foremost I'm curious to know whether there are pattens in tectonic movement and if there are, what these patterns are caused by.

Also, I would like to point out that the international community has reacted swiftly to this disaster. Though it takes a tragedy to make it happen, it is good to see that we can all tolerate each other at least some of the time.