Strong Earthquake Hits Islamabad, Other Parts Of Country

By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 06 Jan 2023

ISLAMABAD: Strong earthquake tremors hit different parts of the country Saturday morning.

The tremors were felt in Islamabad, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, and many cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.

The KP cities struck by the quake included Swat, Mansehra, Mardan, Lower Dir, Shangla, Buner, and Abottabad. Whereas, the earthquake rattled Punjab’s Kalabagh, Jalalpur Bhattian, Sangla Hill and Chiniot.

The tremors were also felt in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul.

The National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC) confirmed the quake with an intensity of 5.9 on Richter Scale hit different parts of the country, sending people fleeing their homes in panic.

It had a depth of 210 kilometres with the epicentre in the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan, the monitoring centre said.