GWADAR: A light magnitude earthquake struck off the Gwadar coastal belt onWednesday morning, citing the seismological centre.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey the quake had an intensity of 4.3at the Richter scale.
The epicentre of the earthquake was on 51 kilometers in the east of Gwadarat the depth of 18 kilometers, according to the seismological centre.
The quake jolted the area at 9:15 in the morning.
The Makran Trench, which is the meeting point for two tectonic platescauses seismological activity in the region.
A strong earthquake measuring 7.9 magnitude hit Quetta on April 16, 2013with tremors felt in different parts of Pakistan, Iran, India and some gulfcountries. The epicentre of the earthquake lay in the Sarawan area of Iranwhich lies close to Pak-Iran border. Around 34 people were reported killedwhile 80 were reported injured with some 10,000 houses damaged as a resultof the quake.
A massive earthquake on September 24, 2013, struck Balochistan killing over800 people, injuring hundreds and flattening thousands of houses in thesouthwestern province.