MUZAFFARABAD: A powerful 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted several cities and northern parts of the country on Tuesday afternoon, leaving at least 19 people dead and over 100 others injured, officials said.
Media photos and video showed a collapsed building and cracks in roads large enough to swallow cars in Mirpur, a town on Pakistan’s side of the disputed territory of Kashmir near India, international media reported.
District commissioner Mohammad Tayyab said nineteen people were killed, including three children. District police chief Irfan Saleem said more than 100 more suffered injuries.
The quake struck 14 miles (23 km) north of Jhelum, Pakistan, at a relatively shallow depth of 10 km, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
(Agencies)
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