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Four dead, 76 injured as 5.8 magnitude earthquake jolts PoK

Pakistan's Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has dispatched troops and medical support teams to assist the civil administration in the rescue operation

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Four persons were killed and 76 others sustained injuries on Tuesday in Mirpur and other parts of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in a powerful earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, Geo News reported.

The epicentre of the quake was registered at a depth of 10 kilometres, about one kilometre southeast of Mirpur, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

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