Shallow tremor rocks quake-hit area of Pakistan

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MIRPUR, Pakistan: A shallow tremor sent terrified people running into the streets in northeastern Pakistan on Thursday (Sep 26), days after a ...

MIRPUR, Pakistan: A shallow tremor sent terrified people running into the streets in northeastern Pakistan on Thursday , days after aAn AFP reporter in the city of Mirpur in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir described the ground shaking, while Pakistan's top meteorologist, Muhammad Riaz, said the epicentre of the 4.4-magnitude tremor was 12km deep.The US Geological Survey put the quake at 4.7 magnitude and 10 kilometres deep, adding that it had struck just four kilometres outside of Mirpur.

The tremor came as rescuers continued to pick through toppled buildings to reach victims from Tuesday's earthquake. Pakistani geologists blamed the"poor construction of shanty houses in Jatlan" for some of the damage, as well as its location near a fault line and the shallowness of the quake.

 

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