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A powerful earthquake hit southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, geologists said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
The quake struck at 1:23 a.m. (2023 Tuesday GMT), with its epicenter around 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of the town of Dalbandin, close to the border with Afghanistan, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Television footage showed panicked people rushing out of their homes and into the streets in very cold conditions, reciting verses from the Koran.
USGS said the quake had a magnitude of 7.2 and hit at a depth of 84 kilometers (52 miles), revising down its initial report of 7.4-magnitude.
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