A magnitude-6 earthquake has struck the country’s north though there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
Pakistan Meteorological Department official Mohammad Shahid said people felt the quake Sunday in Peshawar and Islamabad. He said its epicenter was in the Hindu Kush mountain range on the country’s border with Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
Pakistan and the region, along an active continental plate boundary, is often hit by earthquakes. In September 2013, a magnitude-7.7 quake struck Pakistan’s Balochistan province, killing at least 376 people.
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