Earthquake Jolts Northern Pakistan
Pastor Dale Morgan
Earthquake Jolts Northern Pakistan*
The Associated Press
Sunday, December 2, 2007; 7:53 AM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A moderate earthquake jolted Pakistan's capital
and the northwest Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage
or injury.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake measured magnitude 4.9 and was
centered in the Hindu Kush mountains of neighboring Afghanistan, a
sparsely populated region where earthquakes are common.
The epicenter was 220 miles northwest of Pakistan's northwestern city of
Peshawar, said Tahir Hassan, an official at Pakistan's Seismological
Center in Peshawar.
Residents felt brief tremors in Islamabad, Peshawar and the towns of
Kohat and Chitral in North West Frontier Province. Police in Chitral
said they had no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
In October 2005, a magnitude-7.6 quake devastated Kashmir and northern
Pakistan, killing about 80,000 people and leaving hundreds of thousands
homeless.