6.3 earthquake hits Pakistan's Balochistan, no casualties reported
According to USGS, the epicentre of the quake was located 20 kilometres west southwest of Pasni at a depth of 25.9km.
The quake struck Gwadar, Makran and Pasni at 3:04am.
However, no damage or casualties have been reported.
Provincial Disaster Management Authority (Balochistan) Director General Aslam Tareen has been quoted as saying that the magnitude of the quake was 6.6.
Residents of the affected areas were woken up by the tremors and ran out of their houses in fear and shock.
A few weeks ago, a 3.6 earthquake magnitude struck Karachi. No casualties reported were reported at the time either.
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