7.2-magnitude earthquake hits south, southwest Pakistan

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A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit south and southwest Pakistan on Saturday afternoon, local media quoted the country's meteorological officials as saying.

Tauseef Ahmad, an official with the local meteorological department, confirmed that a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit south and southwest Pakistan at about 12:34 p.m. local time.

The epicenter is located at 104 km northeast of Awaran, a district in southwest Pakistan's Balochistan province, which was hit by a 7.7-magnitude quake on Tuesday afternoon.

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