Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places
Earthquake jolts northwest Pakistan
(AFP)
ISLAMABAD — An earthquake of 5.0 magnitude jolted northwest Pakistan
near the border with Afghanistan on Thursday but there were no
immediate reports of casualties, an official said.
The quake struck at 2:27 pm (0927 GMT) with its epicentre in the Hindu
Kush mountain range, meteorological department chief Arif Mehmood told
AFP.
Tremors were felt in several cities in northwestern province Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa and its capital Peshawar, he said.
Pakistan was hit by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake on October 8, 2005 that
killed more than 73,000 people and left about 3.5 million homeless,
mainly in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.