ISLAMABAD: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 at the Richter scale struck parts of Pakistan on Wednesday, triggering panic across Islamabad and several districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan.
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the epicentre was located in the Hindu Kush mountain range on Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and the depth of the quake was 114 kilometers.
The impact was felt across a wide swath of the country. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) confirmed that tremors shook the federal capital, Islamabad, alongside Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Chitral, Swat, Dir, Malakand, Charsadda, Nowshera, Swabi, and Gilgit-Baltistan.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property. Authorities said they were continuing to monitor the situation following the earthquake.
Pakistan is situated in one of the world’s most seismically active zones, largely due to its proximity to the collision boundary between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates along the Himalayan fault line. As a result, the region frequently experiences mild to moderate earthquakes.
