September 25: The News states that a magnitude 5.8 quake shook northern Pakistan on Tuesday, destroying buildings, cracking roads, killing 26 people, including an army soldier, and injuring nearly 700 more, government and police officials said. The quake struck 14 miles north of Jhelum, roughly 120 kms southeast of Islamabad, at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kms, the US Geological Survey reported.
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