Pakistan Earthquake Leaves 20 Dead

World | February 15, 2004, Sunday // 00:00

Twenty people have died and dozens have been injured after a powerful earthquake and an aftershock hit northern Pakistan. More than 100 homes collapsed in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province on Saturday after the quake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hit at 3:30pm (1030 GMT). It was followed by an aftershock measuring 5.5. Cracks have appeared in hundreds of buildings and roads have also been damaged. Tremors were also felt in Srinagar, summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir.

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