Times of Islamabad

Earthquake jolts parts of Pakistan yet again, injures reported

Earthquake jolts parts of Pakistan yet again, injures reported

MIRPUR: Earthquake jolts termed as after shocks of the previous powerfulearthquake were felt in parts of Pakistan yet again, injures have beenreported in the Azad Kashmir.

32 people were injured as an aftershock jolted Azad Kashmir’s Mirpur andPunjab’s Jhelum district.

According to National Seismic Monitoring Centre, the epicentre of the4.4-magnitude tremor was six kilometres north of Jhelum. Sources said mostof the injured were from the Thothal district in Mirpur.

The tremor came as rescuers continued to pick through toppled buildings toreach victims from Tuesday’s earthquake which killed 39 and injured nearly600.