Urgent: 5.9-magnitude quake hits Pakistan -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.9-magnitude quake hits Pakistan -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-10-17 13:18:45

HONG KONG, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Pakistan at 0506 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 28.16 degrees north latitude and 66.30 degrees east longitude. ■