Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 jolts Islamabad, parts of KP

Author: inp

ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: An earthquake of measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted the federal capital and parts Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), including provincial capital Peshawar, on Sunday.

No causality or property loss was reported. According to geological wing of Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), tremors were felt in Islamabad, Swat, Mingora, Landi Kotal, Batkhela, Malakand, Peshawar and surroundings.

People of the areas where the quake was felt rushed out of their homes in panic reciting verses from Holy Quran.

However, no causality or property loss was reported from any of the areas where the earthquake was felt.

The epi-centre of the quake is stated to be deep inside the earth crust, 191 kilometre North in Hindu Kush Mountains region.

Published in Daily Times, January 15th 2018.

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