Powerful earthquake jolts Islamabad, Lahore and other major cities across the country
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ISLAMABAD - Powerful earthquake jolts Islamabad, Lahore and other major cities across the country on Tuesday.
As per media report, earthquake with an intensity of 5.8 on the Richter Scale jolted Islamabad, Lahore and other parts of the country on Tuesday evening.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers with its epicenter lying 1km southeast of Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
According to details, tremors were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Murree, Jhelum, Charsadda, Swat, Khyber, Abbottabad, Bajaur, Nowshera, Mansehra, Battagram, Torghar and Kohitan.
