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Earthquake in Islamabad, other cities
The shocks were also recorded in several Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cities
By Web Desk
Published June 17, 2022
ISLAMABAD: A 5.0 magnitude earthquake jolted several Pakistani cities Friday including Islamabad, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Multan.
According to Geo News, the shocks were also recorded in Faisalabad, Abbottabad, Swat, Buner, Kohat and Malakand.
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The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said that the earthquake originated at 14:23 PST with a magnitude of 5.0 at 218k depth.
The epicentre of the earthquake was the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region, it said.
No loss of life has been reported so far.
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