QUETTA, Balochistan: A magnitude 4 Quetta earthquake jolted the provincial capital, Ziarat and nearby areas on Saturday, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC) said the earthquake’s epicentre was located 37 kilometres northeast of Quetta. The tremor originated at a depth of 15 kilometres.
Residents in Quetta, Ziarat and surrounding localities felt the shaking, but authorities had not reported any structural damage or injuries immediately after the earthquake.
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The NSMC, under the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), records seismic activity across the country.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake last month also shook Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Punjab and several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The seismic centre located the earthquake in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region at a depth of 215 kilometres.
Tremors from that earthquake were felt in Peshawar, Swat, Buner, Hangu, Shangla, Kohat, Mohmand, Charsadda, Swabi, Mansehra and Abbottabad. Authorities reported no casualties from that event.
