1.   The Sarajevo seismological centre was shut.

2.   Under the draft, any new ban would be verified by seismological centres and on-the-spot inspections.

3.   No information could be obtained immediately from the seismological centre in Canberra on the strength of the tremor or the extent of the area which was hit.

4.   The intensity of the earthquake and its epicentre were not immediately available from the Pakistani seismological centre in Peshawar.

5.   The epicentre of the quake was in the Hindu Kush range in Afghanistan, the Tashkent seismological centre said.