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5.7 magnitude earthquake shakes KP

PESHAWAR: An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 was recorded here today. 

According to details tremors were felt in Mansehra, Swat, Upper/Lower Dir, Shangla, Swabi, Malakand, Nowshera, Charsadda, Kohat, Dera Ismail Khan and Bannu also felt tremors. No loss of life or property was reported.

The depth of the quake was 112km and its epicentre was in Tajikistan. National Seismic Monitoring Centre informed that an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 was recorded in the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.