Earthquake tremors jolt Peshawar, parts of KP

By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 20 Jan 2023

ISLAMABAD: Earthquake tremors of 5.6 intensity jolted Peshawar, Kohat and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC), the epicenter of the earthquake was 237km away from Chitral in the west. The depth of the earthquake was 190 km and its magnitude on the Richter scale was 5.6.

The earthquake jolts were felt in Battagram, Mohmand, Swat, Charsadda, and other areas of KP. No loss of life has been reported after the earthquake. It is to be mentioned here that the tremors relatively closer to the surface are likely to bear long-term adverse effects on the buildings.

Last year in December, an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 jolted Karachi. An earthquake of this magnitude in Karachi shocked the seismic experts as they had never earlier recorded an earthquake of such strength with an epicenter within the provincial capital city.

Director Seismology Division of Pakistan Meteorology Division (PMD), had said that earthquakes of magnitude just over 3.1 have hit Karachi in the past, with their epicenters being outside the provincial capital. While this quake had an epicenter in DHA at 15 kilometers distance in north of Karachi.