5.0 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Quetta, adjacent areas

Image showing a Richter scale of an earthquake. – Reuters / File

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck Quetta and its surroundings on Sunday evening, said National Seismic Surveilling Center.

The epicenter of the earthquake was about 65 kilometers west of Quetta, and its depth was 25 km, he added.

No loss of life or property has been reported so far.

The tremors were reported after an earthquake of 3.2 four days ago, an earthquake of 3.2 hit the Karachi district.

Earthquakes have often shaken the region, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent years. The file shows seismic activity in neighboring countries which are at the intersection of Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

Last month, Afghanistan attended an earthquake of massive magnitude of 6 in the country rugged in the country, killing more than 2,200 people and injuring several thousands of others.

Several parts of Pakistan, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Mardan, Chitral, Murrier and the adjacent areas, also felt the tremors in the following days, with effects of effects as distant as Lahore, panicking the citizens to rush out of their homes.

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