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Magnitude 6 Earthquake Strikes Off Pakistan’s Coast

by Sanjay Jha | December 25, 2008 at 07:47 pm

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An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude on the Richter scale struck off Pakistan's southwest coast, the US Geological Survey says.

There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage. Also there was no immediate alert from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center following the shallow quake on Friday at 2.40 am local time (2240 GMT).

A 5.9-MAGNITUDE earthquake struck off the south-west coast of Pakistan early on Friday, the US Geological Survey said.

The moderate quake struck around 300 kilometres (190 miles) south-west of the city of Karachi at 2240 GMT (6.40am Singapore time) on Thursday, the US agency said.

There were no immediate reports of any damage or casualties and there was no immediate alert from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre following the shallow quake, which struck at a depth of just 10km.

Around 300 people were killed and 70,000 left homeless when a 6.4-magnitude quake hit the Pakistani region of Baluchistan in late October.