 "Quake measuring 5.5 hits parts of Pakistan")
Islamabad: An earthquake measuring 5.5. on the Richter scale jolted the Pakistani capital and parts of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces today. The quake occurred when people were preparing for ‘sehri’, the pre-dawn meal before a day of fasting during the holy month of Ramzan. [caption id=“attachment_100797” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Representational image. AP[/caption] The temblor was felt in Islamabad, Lahore, Mandi Bahauddin, Jhelum, Gujranwala, Mansehra, Abbottabad, and towns and cities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The Met Office said the epicentre of the quake was located 119 km from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir at a depth of 10 km. PTI
An earthquake measuring 5.5. on the Richter scale jolted the Pakistani capital and parts of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces today.
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