Deputy Commissioner of Mirpur Raja Qaisar said that a state of emergency has been declared in the area with an appeal to the public to be calm and offer help to affected people.

Local residents of Mirpur told Xinhua that the public hospitals lack the capacity to handle hundreds of injured as several wounded are lying at mattresses under the open sky. According to the deputy commissioner, the government is planning to move seriously injured to capital Islamabad and garrison city of Rawalpindi.

The earthquake hit parts of Pakistan on Tuesday with its epicenter was determined with a depth of 10 km at 5 km north of Jhelum district located some 119 km southeast of Islamabad.

The jolts were also felt in capital Islamabad and different areas of Punjab and northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces where people rushed out of the buildings to open places.

The NDMA also released a public message and asked people to take necessary precautionary measures to avoid possible losses in case of aftershocks.

Pakistani President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed their sorrows over the losses and instructed the authorities concerned to take quick and special measures to provide relief to the victims.

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