ISLAMABAD: *Powerful earthquake rocks different parts of Pakistan onFriday.*
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 jolted many parts of Pakistan onFriday that has shaken Islamabad, Peshawar, Swat and its suburban areas.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said that the magnitude of theearthquake was recorded at 6.4 at Richter Scale, its depth was 200kilometres inside land and epicentre was Hindu Kush region and Afghanistan.
Islamabad, Peshawar, Swat, Lakki Marwat, Battagram, Kotli – Azad JammuKashmir (AJK), Mirpur AJK, Shangla, Lower and Upper Dir, Pind Dadan Khan,Wana, Gilgit, Lahore, Malakand, Chitral, Sahiwal, Sargodha, Shahkot,Charsadda, Hangu, Mardan, Renala Khurd, Daska, Nankana Sahib, Pasrur andvarious other suburban parts.
Earlier on December 7, earthquake tremorslink were reported insome parts of Sindh along with adjoining areas.
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First reports of the tremors came from district Dadu in Sindh along withits adjoining areas.
People in the vicinity came out of their residencies, marketplaces recitingreligious scripture and the Holy Quran verses. The Met Department hadmeasured the ferocity of the tremor at 4.5 on the Richter scale.
The depth for the earthquake has been revealed to be 16 kilometres with itsepicentre calculated 45 kilometres south-west from Dadu. No loss of life orproperty were reported in the quake-hit areas.
