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- Earthquake’s epicentre situated at depth of 215km in Hindu Kush.
- Tremors felt in Peshawar, Swat, North Waziristan and different cities.
- In Punjab, Lahore, Multan, Chakwal and Sargodha additionally felt tremors.
Earthquake tremors have been felt in Islamabad and different components of the nation together with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday.
The KP cities rocked by the quake tremors embody Peshawar, Swat, North Waziristan, Hangu, Mardan, Malakand, Buner, Shangla, Dir, Mansehra, Battagram, Torghar, Kohistan, Abbottabad and Kurram.
Meanwhile, Punjab cities Lahore, Multan, Chakwal and Sargodha additionally jolted.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) mentioned that the earthquake originated at 10:57am Pakistan Standard Time (PST) and had a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale.
The epicentre of the quake, the Met Office added, was within the Hindu Kush area in Afghanistan at a depth of 215 kilometres.
Today’s tremors come almost two months after a 4.7 magnitude earthquake jolted components of Islamabad, Rawalpindi and KP in June.
The quake was preceded by one other one in all 3.2 magnitude in Karachi in the identical month.
In May, a 2.3 magnitude earthquake jolted components of the metropolis together with Gadap Town, Katohar and adjoining areas of Malir district.
Before that, a 3.2 magnitude earthquake jolted Karachi’s Malir district on April 24.
It is pertinent to say that earthquakes are usually not unusual in Pakistan, because the nation is located on the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. Large components of South Asia are seismically lively as a result of a tectonic plate often known as the Indian plate is pushing north into the Eurasian plate.
