Mild tremor hits quake-battered Pak town

ISLAMABAD: A mild tremor has struck Balakot, the Pakistani town flattened by a devastating earthquake one year ago this weekend, but caused no casualties, officials said on Saturday.   

The tremor measuring 4.0 on the open-ended Richter scale was felt late on Friday, two days before the anniversary of the 7.6-intensity earthquake that killed more than 73,000 and made millions homeless in Pakistani Kashmir and parts of North West Frontier Province. Another 1,500 people were killed in Indian Kashmir.   

Friday's earthquake was the second to hit Balakot in a week. Last Friday, a 4.2 tremor hit the city but caused no casualties.