Jatlan: A powerful 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck northeast Pakistan on Tuesday, badly damaging scores of homes and shops, killing at least 22 people and injuring over 300, officials said.
The quake has damaged buildings and cracked open roads in Jatlan and nearby villages in Mirpur district, in the Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir.
After the quake residents were rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.
An emergency was declared in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
According to Pakistan's Meteorological Department, the epicentre of the 5.8 magnitude quake was located near the mountainous city of Jehlum in eastern Punjab province.
The earthquake shook walls across the country and left people waiting in the streets fearing aftershocks.
Shortly after the tremor hit, Pakistan's military dispatched troops and medical teams to the quake-affected area to assist civilian authorities in helping victims.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi in separate statements expressed their grief over losses caused by the quake.
The temblor was also felt in the northwest and many towns and cities in eastern Punjab province, but it caused no damages or casualties there.
A magnitude 7.6 quake in 2005 killed thousands of people in Pakistan and Kashmir.
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