- Title: One dead, 50 injured in 5.8 magnitude Pakistan quake
- Date: 24th September 2019
- Summary: MIRPUR, AZAD PAKISTAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR (SEPTEMBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) ROAD DAMAGED BY QUAKE / OVERTURNED VEHICLES LYING BY SIDE OF ROAD DAMAGED ROAD / CAR LYING IN CREVASSE PEOPLE GATHERED BY RIVER PEOPLE STANDING ON CRACKED ROAD MOTORCYCLES LYING AMID DEBRIS
- Embargoed: 8th October 2019 14:16
- Keywords: Pakistan quaky 5.8 magnitude north Pakistan fatality natural disaster Jhelunm Azad Pakistani Kashmir
- Location: MIRPUR, AZAD PAKISTAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR
- City: MIRPUR, AZAD PAKISTAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR
- Country: Pakistan
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
- Reuters ID: LVA001AY0PVLZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING
An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 shook northern Pakistan on Tuesday (September 24), killing one person and injuring 50, government officials said.
The quake struck 14 miles (23 km) north of Jhelum, Pakistan at a relatively shallow depth of 10 km, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
A girl was reported killed and close to 50 people were injured in the quake, the chief of Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority, Lieutenant General Mohammad Afzal, said.
Most of the damage occurred in an area bound by Jhelum to the south and Mirpur to the north, he added.
Jhelum is located in northeastern Pakistan roughly 120 km southeast of Islamabad. Mirpur is on Pakistan's side of the disputed territory of Kashmir.
The District Deputy Commissioner for the town of Mirpur, Raja Qaisar, confirmed a single fatality to television channel Geo TV.
Major General Asif Ghafoor, a spokesman for the Pakistan Armed Forces, tweeted that army troops with aviation and medical support teams were dispatched.
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