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Pakistan's quake-hit area jolted my massive aftershock
September 28, 2013
Several cities of Pakistan's Sindh and Balochistan provinces were today hit by a massive aftershock measuring 6.8, three days after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the region and killed over 500 people.
Pakistan's Met office measured the earthquake at 7.2,while the US Geological Survey recorded it at 6.8 on the Richter Scale. Tremors were felt in provincial capitals Karachi and Quetta.
All the local television channels showed people rushing out of their offices in Karachi after the latest tremors.