Moderate earthquake hits Northern Pakistan

Islamabad - According to US Geological Survey the epicentre of the earthquake was 117 km east of the Swat Valley city of Mingaora, at a depth of 43.4 km.

 A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck Pakistan on Saturday, including its capital, but no loss to life or property has been reported so far.
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The quake shook capital Islamabad, parts of Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province in the northwest and some northern area of Punjab.
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According to US Geological Survey the epicentre of the earthquake was 117 km east of the Swat Valley city of Mingaora, at a depth of 43.4 km.
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Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) KP said from Peshawar that the intensity of the tremor was 5.5 and its epicenter was the Hindu Kush mountains.
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"No loss of life or damage to property has been reported thus far," it said.
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Pakistan regularly faces tremors but most of them are not lethal.
However in 2005 a massive quake had killed more than 80,000 people.

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