ISLAMABAD: A moderate-intensity earthquake jolted several parts of Pakistan including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Swabi, Swat, Malakand, Shangla, Nowshera, Mardan, Charsadda, and their adjoining areas.
The tremors were felt in several cities including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP), Lower Dir, Malakand, Mardan, Kohat, Swat, as well as in Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) Muzaffarabad.
The magnitude of the tremor was recorded at 5.3 on the Richter Scale which jolted various areas of the country at 8:24 pm.
The earthquake epicentre was the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan, and its depth was 130 kilometres, the seismic centre said.
Earthquakes in Pakistan
Natural disasters such as earthquakes are not uncommon in Pakistan, as it is situated on the boundary of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
Large parts of South Asia are seismically active due to a tectonic plate known as the Indian Plate is pushing north into the Eurasian plate.
Recent earthquakes highlighted the significance of disaster preparedness and mitigation measures.
