A man died and several houses collapsed after an earthquake of magnitude 6 struck northwestern Kashmir in Pakistan on Monday, an official and the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
The quake was at a depth of 35 km, the EMSC said.
Several mud-houses either collapsed or were damaged in Pakistan's northern province of Gilgit-Baltistan, regional information minister Ghulam Abbas said.
Heavy mountain rocks hit several access roads and a major highway, he said, adding that the government agencies had moved machinery to clear the roads, he said.
The man died after a rock hit him on a road, the minister added.
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