ISLAMABAD – Earthquake has jolted parts of Pakistan today. Media reportshave surfaced that Peshawar, Swat, Haripur and Sargodha have sufferedjolts. Many other parts of KP and Punjab have also reported earthquakejolts.

Yesterday magnitude 6.2 earthquake rocked various parts of Pakistan onWednesday, sending people racing out of buildings in the two capitals andinjuring at least 13 people and damaging dozens of homes in both countries.

The quake struck at 1041 GMT near Afghanistan’s border with Tajikistan inthe Hindu Kush mountains at a depth of 111 kilometres, the US GeologicalSurvey said.

Omer Mohammadi, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s disaster managementauthority, said two small children were injured when their home collapsedand one of them was listed in critical condition.

Abdul Razak Zinda, a senior official at a disaster management agency, said45 houses were damaged in three districts in the northeastern Takharprovince of Afghanistan. He said three people were injured.

In Islamabad and Kabul, people fled their offices and homes and recitedverses from the Holy Quran in the streets. *AFP* correspondents in thecapital Kabul felt the ground move for at least a minute in the secondquake that came a few hours after the first.

In Peshawar, people rushed into the streets following the tremor, fearingaftershocks, witnesses told *AFP*.

Earlier on Wednesday, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattled parts of westernPakistan, near the border with Afghanistan. That quake caused a stampede ata school in Bannu, injuring at least 10 students, according to MohammadAslam, a local police official.

Taimoor Khan, a senior official at the provincial disaster managementauthority in Peshawar, said the quake did not cause damages to buildings,but they were still waiting for the final report from remote areas nearAfghanistan.