Pakistan’s northwestern area was jolted on Thursday by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake, however no lack of life or property was reported.
Based on the Seismological Centre, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 212 kilometres, with its epicentre situated close to the border space between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
Earthquake tremors have been felt in Peshawar, North Waziristan, Decrease Dir, and Malakand districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in addition to components of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Neelum Valley and its suburban areas, in accordance with native officers.
Residents got here out of their properties and places of work in panic, nevertheless, officers mentioned there was no rapid report of casualties or injury.
It was the second earthquake in a month in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Two weeks in the past, tremors have been felt in Mingora and surrounding areas within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with an preliminary reported magnitude of 4.1 and a depth of 213 kilometres. Its epicentre was the Afghanistan-Tajikistan area.
The deadliest quake hit the nation in 2005 and killed greater than 74,000 folks.
Pakistan lies within the quake-prone area on the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, and is commonly jolted by tremors. Massive components of South Asia are seismically energetic as a result of the Indian tectonic plate is pushing north into the Eurasian plate.
