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Earthquake tremors felt across the country

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May 1, 2013

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An earthquake was felt in parts of the country on Wednesday, including Lahore, Abbottabad, Peshawar, Narowal, Sheikhpura, Faisalabad and Kashmir.

The quake’s magnitude was recorded 5.8 on the Richter scale. Its epicentre lay in eastern Kashmir, some 243 kilometres from Islamabad. It was also felt in parts of India.

Earlier in April, a major earthquake that struck a region near the Iran-Pakistan border, killed at least 34 people in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. The worst-hit areas from the 7.8 magnitude quake were reported to be close to the Pakistan-Iran border.

The country experienced its worst earthquake in 2005 earthquake in which more than 73,000 died.