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Moderate earthquake jolts Pakistan
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted most parts of northwestern Pakistan on Monday morning, a seismological centre said.
Updated on: Dec 29, 2008, 10:24:29 IST
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An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted most parts of northwestern Pakistan on Monday morning, a seismological centre said.
The moderate earthquake also shook Pakistan's capital Islamabad, but there was no immediate report on casualties.
A seismological official told local Dawn TV channel that the epicentre of the earthquake was in the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan.
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