ISLAMABAD: Death toll reaches 6 after a
powerful earthquake hit different parts of Pakistan on Sunday, officials said.
Five people killed in various isolated
regions of the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the National
Disaster Management Authority said in a statement, and at least 20 homes were spoiled.
One man was killed in the northern region of
Gilgit-Baltistan when he was hit by falling rocks in the town of Chilas, an
official said.
The 6.6-magnitude quake struck neighbouring
northeast Afghanistan at a depth of 210 kilometres (130 miles) at 2:58 pm on
Sunday.
It was felt in the Afghan capital Kabul 282
km to the south of the epicentre and in Islamabad, where some residents
evacuated apartment blocks after tremors shook ceiling fans and furniture.
In the Indian capital New Delhi, buildings
in the centre swayed and the metro train system was halted temporarily.
Tremors were also felt in Dushanbe, the
capital of Tajikistan which borders northern Afghanistan.
Last October a 7.5-magnitude quake ripped
across Pakistan and Afghanistan, killing almost 400 people and flattening
buildings in rugged terrain that impeded relief efforts.
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