An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale hit India’s neighbour Pakistan on Wednesday afternoon. The tremors were felt across North India besides Pakistan and Afghanistan.
According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the quake struck Pakistan at 12:58 pm at a depth of 33km.
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According to Geo News, the epicenter of the quake was situated near the Dera Ghazi Khan region in the southwestern part of Punjab at a depth of 10 kilometers.
In India, the Delhi-NCR region, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir were affected.
The Punjab cities that felt the jolts included Islamabad, Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Mianwali, Bhakkar, Kamalia, Khanewal, Bhalwal, Chiniot, Hafizabad, Toba Tek Singh, Gujarat, Sargodha and Jhang among other cities.
However, no casualty or property damage has been reported yet.
The quake comes around two weeks after a 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Rawalpindi on August 29.
The quake in August was preceded by another one of 4.7 magnitude which jolted parts of Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in June.
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