An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale was felt in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Thursday, causing panic among residents, but no loss of life or property was reported so far. Not reported.
According to the National Seismic Monitoring Center of Islamabad, the epicenter of the earthquake was the border region of Afghanistan and Tajikistan with a depth of 212 km.
Earthquake tremors were felt in Peshawar, North Waziristan, Lower Dir, Malakand, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Neelum Valley and its suburbs. Citizens came out of their houses and offices in panic.
This was the second earthquake in KP in a month as two weeks ago a magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook several parts of the province, including Peshawar, Mohmand, Shabqadar, Attock, Swat, Shangla, Buner and Abbottabad. .
Meanwhile, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook the federal capital and parts of Punjab and KP in September.
Earthquakes are not uncommon in Pakistan, as the country is located on the border of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.
Large parts of South Asia are seismically active as a tectonic plate known as the Indian Plate is pushing northward into the Eurasian Plate.