Earthquake jolts Battagram, adjoining areas in KPK
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PESHAWAR: An earthquake shocked Battagram and its adjoining areas in district of Khyber Pakhtonkhwa on Sunday morning, the met office reported.
People felt the tremor for about 10 seconds. People left their homes in panic after tremor hit some of the Battagram areas. However, there are no reports of any damage.
Earlier in April this year, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake had struck many towns of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The epicenter of the quake was at the depth of 200 kilometres in Hindu Kush mountain area of Afghanistan.
Tremors were felt in Chitral, Battkhela, Bunir, Swat, Shangla, Malakand, Dir and Swabi districts among other areas of the province. No loss of life or property was reported in the earthquake.
Similarly a 6.1-magnitude earthquake had struck Hindukush region of Afghanistan, triggering tremors in most parts of Pakistan in January this year.
A two-year-old girl had lost her life while three were injured in the wake of powerful quake that struck the region. The casualty had occurred in Balochistan’s Lasbela district where the roof of a decrepit house collapsed after the quake. The quake rattled the country at 12.06 pm (Pakistan time).
