Mild quake jolts Gwadar

Published September 10, 2006

QUETTA, Sept 9: A quake of mild intensity jolted Gwadar on Saturday. “No loss of life or property has been reported,” officials of the local administration said.

The quake hit Gwadar town and its surrounding areas at 5:22pm.

“The tremor was felt only in Gwadar town and its surrounding areas,” officials of the Met office in Peshawar said, adding that the intensity of the quake was 4.3 at the Richter scale and its epicentre was located 1,300 km south-west of Peshawar some where in Balochistan coastal areas.

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