An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 on the Richter scale struck parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northern areas on Saturday, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said. There were no reports of any casualties and damage. The tremors were felt in Chitral‚ Ghizer, Swat and other adjoining areas. According to Meteorological Department‚ the epicenter of the earthquake was […]
A 5.7 earthquake on the Richter scale jolted most parts on northwestern and central parts of Pakistan Wednesday afternoon, the meteorological department said. There was no report of casualty or destruction. However, the tremours created panic and people in some areas run out of buildings. Quake jolted Islamabad, Peshawar, Mardan, Swat, Dir, Nowshera, Rawalpindi, Lahore, […]
Pakistan army said Wednesday that rescue and relief operations in the earthquake-hit areas of Balochistan province are in progress. An earthquake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, Tuesday hit Mashkeel area in Balochistan, bordering Iran, and killed at least 34 people and injured 80 more. Correspondents in the region said that many houses […]
An earthquake measuring 7.9 hit Balochistan province and killed at least 34 people on Tuesday, officials said. Many more injured in the Panjgur and Mashkeel area of Balochistan, bordering Iran. Nearly 50 people sustained injuries in Karachi in the incidents of the roof collapse. Over 1‚000 houses partially damaged in Balochistan. […]
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake was felt in most parts of Pakistan and neighbouring countries on Tuesday, the metrological department said. The earthquake was felt in parts of Pakistan, India, UAE and the epicenter is reported to be Iran. The magnitude of the earthquake in Iran was reported to be 8.0 in Iran. The tremors […]
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted most parts of the country’s northwest early Saturday, the metrological department said. The epicenter, with a depth of 75 km, was in the border region between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. There was no report of any casualty and damage. The metrological department said that […]