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Fear grips citizens as earthquake jolts parts of Sindh
It was the third earthquake in past 7 days to hit Sindh.
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Hyderabad: A 3-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Sindh including Hyderabad on Thursday.
According to details, a 3 magnitude mild earthquake struck Hyderabad and parts of Sindh. Depth of the earhquake was 10km.
It was the third earthquake in past 7 days to hit Sindh.
Earlier, On December 9, a 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Karachi.
Tremors were felt in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Gulistan-i-Jauhar, Gulshan-i-Hadeed, Malir and Scheme-33.
According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, the earthquake's epicentre was 15 km North of DHA Karachi and had a depth of 15km. It added that the quake occurred at at 17:16:04 UTC and had a longitude of 67.29 East and a latitude of 25.17 North.
Another 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 12.
As per the US Geological Survey, the magnitude of the earthquake was measured at 4.1 on the Richter Scale.
Several areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were also jolted by the earthquake. These include Swat, Shangla, Buner, Lower Dir, Upper Dir, Chitral and Malakand.
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