Earthquake rattles Islamabad, other cities

A powerful earthquake rattled Pakistan's capital and other cities across the country on Sunday, causing panic among people but with no immediate reports of casualties or major damages.

Pakistani official Arif Ullah told The Associated Press that the magnitude-7.1 quake was centered near Afghanistan's border with Tajikistan.

Germany's GFZ Research Center for Geosciences set the quake's magnitude at 6.5.