The death toll from Tuesday’s earthquake in Azad Jammu and Kashmir rose to 30 with over 450 injured.
The quake’s epicentre was near the Kashmiri city of Mirpur, roughly 20 kilometres north of Jhelum in Punjab, according to the US Geological Survey.
Roads were completely destroyed and vehicles overturned by the tremors while bridges, mobile phone towers, and electricity poles were also badly damaged in the melee.
Tremors were also felt in Rawalpindi, Murree, Jhelum, Charsadda, Swat, Khyber, Abbottabad, Bajaur, Nowshera, Mansehra, Battagram, Torghar and Kohistan.
