ISLAMABAD: An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck southeastern Afghanistan on Monday, Pakistan’s Met Office said, with jolts felt in several districts of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said tremors were felt in multiple areas and its emergency operations center had established contact with all district administrations to monitor the situation.
“District administrations have been instructed to remain alert to deal with any possible situation,” the PDMA said in a statement.
The authority added that the process of collecting information about potential damage was underway, but “so far no reports of casualties or property loss have been received at the PDMA control room.”
Citizens were advised to report any untoward incident at the emergency helpline 1700.
Pakistan sits atop the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates and is frequently prone to seismic activity.
In October 2005, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake devastated northern Pakistan and parts of Kashmir, killing more than 73,000 people and leaving around 3.5 million homeless, according to official figures.
More recently, a 7.7-magnitude quake struck Balochistan in September 2013, flattening entire villages and killing at least 825 people.
