5.3 quake rattles Kashmir

A moderate earthquake shook north-western Pakistan and the disputed region of Kashmir, but there were no reports of casualties, seismologists said.

The tremor at 3.04am (10.04pm Irish time Wednesday) was felt in Islamabad and the north-western cities of Mansehra and Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, which was almost ruined in an October 8 quake, said the Seismological Centre in the north-western city of Peshawar.