S Asian Quake Kills 6 Pakistanis

Local Editor

At least six Pakistanis were killed when a powerful earthquake rocked parts of South Asia Sunday.

Five people died in various remote regions of the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and at least 20 homes were damaged.

Besides, another man was killed in the mountainous northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan when he was hit by falling rocks in the town of Chilas.

The 6.6-magnitude quake struck neighboring northeast Afghanistan at a depth of 210 kilometers. And tremors were felt in Dushanbe, the capital of bordering Tajikistan.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team