- Earthquakes were felt in Quetta, Ziarat and neighboring areas.
- The NSMC says the earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 kilometers.
- No casualties or damage were reported after the earthquake.
QUETTA: A magnitude-4 earthquake shook Quetta, Ziarat and surrounding areas of Balochistan on Saturday, the National Seismic Monitoring Center (NSMC) said.
The NSMC, under the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), said the epicenter of the quake was located 37 kilometers northeast of Quetta.
The earthquake measured magnitude 4 and occurred at a depth of 15 kilometers, the seismological center added.
No casualties or damage were reported immediately after the earthquake.
Last month, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake shook large parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Punjab.
The seismological center said the earthquake originated in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush mountain range, at a depth of 215 kilometers.
The tremors were felt in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Peshawar, Swat, Buner, Hangu, Shangla, Kohat, Mohmand, Charsadda, Swabi, Mansehra and Abbottabad, as well as parts of Punjab, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. No casualties have been reported.
Pakistan is prone to earthquakes due to its location on the border of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, where seismic activity is frequent. The country has experienced several devastating earthquakes in recent decades.
