Moderate quake shakes Pakistan's northwest

ISLAMABAD: A moderate earthquake rattled large parts of northwestern Pakistan today, shaking buildings and sending terrified people out on the streets.Preliminary reports said the quake had a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale, said Chaudhry Qamar-uz-Zaman, head of Pakistan's meteorological department. There were no reports of casualties or damage to property, he said.The epicenter of the quake, which occurred at 8:37 am, was located in the Hindu Kush range. The temblor was felt in Islamabad, Peshawar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.Zaman said the quake also shook the Swat valley, Peshawar, Malakand, Dir, Hazara, Gilgit, Khyber Agency and Waziristan tribal region. He said aftershocks might be felt for some time.