Closed Circuit Television footage shows the moment an earthquake shook northern Pakistan, Tuesday, September 24, destroying buildings, cracking roads, killing 22 people and injuring nearly 200 more, according to government and police officials. (Reuters)
The shallow 5.8-magnitude hit 22.3 kilometers (13.8 miles) north of the city of Jhelum along the boundary separating the agricultural heartland of Punjab province and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
"The quake was 10 kilometers deep and was felt in most of Punjab province, some parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The worst hit was Mirpur, Azad Kashmir," Pakistan's chief meteorologist Muhammad Riaz told AFP.
Witnesses, Sajjad Jarral and Qazi Tahir, told AFP at least 50 people were injured by the quake that caused a building to collapse in Pakistani Kashmir's Mirpur and inflicted heavy damage at least one road.
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