PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck northern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least one person and damaging dozens of mud-brick houses, authorities said.
The Gilgit-Baltistan government said in a statement that the tremors mainly caused damage across the Hunza Valley. The government said the tremors were also felt in several districts in the northwest.
In the statement, the government said the shaking triggered landslides in Hunza and nearby towns. It said those landslides blocked several roads.
The statement said rescue teams were still collecting information on casualties and damages.
The quake’s epicenter was in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said.
Pakistan lies along an active seismic zone and is frequently hit by earthquakes. The AP report cited a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in 2005 that killed thousands of people in Pakistan and Kashmir, which is divided between Pakistan and India and claimed by both.