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Minor quake hits coastal areas of Pakistan
A moderate earthquake of 5.5 magnitude was felt in the coastal areas of Pakistan Friday morning at 2:40 am local time, but no damage of property or life was reported.
According to the Chief Met Officer of Sindh, Raiz, an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude struck coastal areas of the country, at a depth of 10 kilometres and the epicenter was 305 kilometres west-southwest of Karachi, a private TV channel (ARYoneworld) reported. He also said that at present no warning has been issued as such tremors were not of much concern as long as they remained under 6 magnitude.
Meanwhile, the US Geological Survey said that a 6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast area of Pakistan. Pakistan is located in a zone where the Eurasian, Arabian and Indo-Australian tectonic plates meet and rub together, sometimes causing earthquakes.Source APP
