5.3-magnitude earthquake struck elements of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Tremors have been felt in Peshawar, Swat, Decrease Dir, Swabi, Nowshera, Chitral, Bajaur, Malakand, Abbottabad, Mohmand and different surrounding areas.

Based on the Pakistan Meteorological Division (PMD), the magnitude of the earthquake was measured 5.3 on the Richter Scale.

The epicentre was the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.

Folks left their properties in panic for safer locations however no lack of life and property was reported.

In the meantime, Catastrophe Administration Kashmir reported that an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 that occurred on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border was additionally felt in Jammu and Kashmir at 6:45pm as we speak, 

“An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 occurred 84-km South East of Fayzabad in Afghanistan,” Nationwide Heart for Seismology mentioned.