Islamabad: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) reported that a 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted the twin cities and several northern regions of the country on Tuesday night.
According to the PMD, the quake’s epicentre was located in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region at a depth of 234 kilometres and occurred at around 11:15pm.
Tremors were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Chitral, Swat, Dir and Malakand, the department added.
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Meanwhile, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded the earthquake at a magnitude of 5.1, about 34 kilometres west of Ishkashim, a border town in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, at a depth of 243.9 kilometres.
Two Reuters witnesses said strong tremors were felt in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul.
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