ISLAMABAD: Earthquake has jolted the Federal Capital (Islamabad), Peshawar and surrounding areas of the capital and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.
According to the Seismological Centre, tremors were also reported in Swabi, Malakand, Battagram, Mardan, Swat, Nowshera, Landi Kotal, Hangu and Abbottabad, as well as in Chitral, Buner, and Mansehra.
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The Seismological Centre reported that the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.3 on Richter Scale, with its epicenter located in the Hindukush region of Afghanistan at a depth of 220 kilometres.
Earlier, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake jolted the federal capital and parts of Punjab and KP on September11.
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