Magnitude 5 Earthquake Hits Hindu Kush Region: Tremors Felt Across Islamabad

Magnitude 5 Earthquake Hits Hindu Kush Region: Tremors Felt Across Islamabad

The National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC) reported that the earthquake of magnitude 5 was recorded in the region with its epicenter was in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan and the depth of the earthquake was recorded at 104 km.

Last month, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Islamabad and different cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab on Thursday morning.

The National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC) confirmed that tremors were felt in Islamabad, Swat, Malakand, Mansehra, Swabi, Mardan, Peshawar, Chitral and other KP cities.

Meanwhile, Punjab cities Multan, Gujranwala, Chiniot, Rawalpindi, and Sargodha also felt earthquake tremors.

“The center of the earthquake was the Hindukush mountain range in Afghanistan and the depth was 215 kilometers,” according to the National Seismic Monitoring Center in Islamabad.

Following the tremors, people came out of their houses in fear by reciting Kalma-e-Tayyaba

However, no loss of life or property was reported in its wake.