- Tremors Strike Peshawar, Malakand, Bajaur, dir.
- Quake Jolts Punjab Cities, including Mianwali, Chakwal, Multan.
- Neelum Valley and Dhirkot in AJK also report tremors.
A 5.9 coarse earthquake made Islamabad, Rawalpindindi, and several parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, said the Pakistani (PMD) seismic monitoring center (PMD).
According to the seismological center, the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Hindu region of Kush in Afghanistan at a depth of 111 kilometers.
Tremblies have been reported to Peshawar, Lower Dir, Upper Dir, Malakand, Bajaur, Mohmand, Shabqadar, Charsadda and Parachinar, as well as Nowshera, Hangu and Kohat. Shocks have also been felt in Manshra, Abbottabad, Swat and Attock.
In Punjab, tremors were tested in the regions of Mianwali, Chakwal, Talagang, Kallar Kahar and adjacent, while Multan also pointed out tremors. In Islamabad and Rawalpindi, strong shocks prompted residents to rush outside.
In Azad Jammu and cashmere, the people of Neelum Valley and Dhirkot felt tremors.
No immediate report of victims or damage has been received.
Several earthquakes have struck the Afghan-Pakistani region, which is at the intersection of Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.
In neighboring Afghanistan, the number of deaths of a powerful earthquake that struck the eastern part of the country on weekends has increased more than 2,200, according to a new one, which has made it the deadliest for decades to strike the country.
The vast majority of people killed in the earthquake of magnitude 6.0 which rocked the mountainous region bordering Pakistan late Sunday in the province of Kunar, where 2,205 people died and 3,640 were injured, according to a toll by the Taliban government.
