SWAT: An earthquake of moderate intensity jolted Swat, Peshawar, Chitral and other areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa today (Tuesday).
According to the Regional Seismic Monitoring Centre, the jolts were recorded at an intensity of 5.4 on the Richter scale. The depth of the quake was 169 kilometres with the epicentre being the Hindukush mountain range in Afghanistan.
Panic arose among citizens due to the jolts, prompting them to quickly vacate their homes and offices and stand under the open skies to wait out the episode. No damages or loss of life were reported from any of the affected cities.
On February 12, strong tremors were felt in several parts of the country following an earthquake in Tajikistan, informed the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).
According to the PMD, the 6.4 earthquake originated at 10:02pm, with the epicentre at a depth of 80 kilometres in Tajikistan. The US Geological Survey, however, put the quake’s magnitude at 5.9 and said that it centred 35 kilometres west of Murghob in Tajikistan.
