Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes central Pakistan, GFZ says


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  • Sunday, 29 Jun 2025

(Reuters) -A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck central Pakistan, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said on Sunday.

The epicenter was located 149 km (92.5 miles) west of the city of Multan, the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

GFZ said the temblor was shallow, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles).

(Reporting by Harshita Meenaktshi in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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