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7.2-magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit south and southwest Pakistan this afternoon, local media quoted the country's meteorological officials as saying.

Tauseef Ahmad, an official with the local meteorological department, confirmed that a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit south and southwest Pakistan at about 12:34 pm local time.

The epicenter is located at 104 km northeast of Awaran, a district in southwest Pakistan's Balochistan province, which was hit by a 7.7-magnitude quake on Tuesday afternoon.




 

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