ISLAMABAD: A magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook the Pakistani capital of Islamabad and northwestern parts of the country on Sunday morning, according to US Geological Survey (USGS), with no loss of life or property reported in its wake.
The earthquake struck at a depth of 223 kilometers with its epicenter located 35 kilometers southeast of the Jurm district in Afghanistan, said the USGS, a US government agency that tracks seismic activity the world over.
Tremors were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and adjacent areas as well as in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province that borders Afghanistan.
“Earthquake shocks were felt in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” the provincial disaster management authority (PDMA) said in a statement.
“The PDMA control room has not yet received information about any kind of loss.”
The Pakistan Meteorological Department, however, reported the intensity of the earthquake to be 6.0.
In March, a strong earthquake rattled Islamabad and northwestern parts of Pakistan, killing at least nine people and injuring around 50 others in the country’s northwest.
The center of the magnitude 6.5 quake was also located 40 kilometers (25 miles) south-southeast of Jurm, Afghanistan.
