DHAKA: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck major cities of Pakistan, including the northern areas, on Monday, leaving at least 24 dead and scores injured due to roof and building collapses.

Forty minutes after the first earthquake, an aftershock of 4.8 magnitude was reported in the same area.

So far 24 are dead across Pakistan, reports Dawn. However, the number is gradually increasing.

Six people, including children, were killed in Swat, while four people were killed in the Bajaur tribal region after buildings collapsed in the area.

An eight-year-old child was killed in Kallar Kahar, where from one casualty was also reported from Kasur after the roof of a house collapsed.

A 14-year-old child died in the Islamgarh area of Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Mirpur region after a school wall collapsed.

A wall collapsed in Sargodha, killing one woman and injuring 10 people, while three are injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Two people were killed in Chitral.

At least 194 injured were brought to Swat’s Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital, which does not have adequate medical facilities.

More than 100 wounded have been admitted to Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital.

Tremors have been felt in major cities, including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Quetta, Kohat and Malakand.

Tremors were also felt in Kabul and New Delhi.

** Massive earthquake shakes South Asia

BDST: 1700 HRS, OCT 26, 2015
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