MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): An Earthquake jolts Muzaffarabad, Islamabad. Tremors have been felt in Islamabad, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) today.
On Saturday afternoon, Islamabad and several districts in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Kashmir were rocked by an earthquake.
The earthquake reached a scale measurement of 5.5 on the Richter scale. People experienced uneasiness after the earthquake shook them, but it did not generate any reported damage. The earthquake led to many residents exiting their homes for precautionary reasons.
According to the latest updates, the tremors felt today originated at 12:31PST. Its magnitude is reported as 5.5. The depth is 12Km according to the latest updates by the National Seismic Monitoring Centre of PMD.
The latitude is being reported at 33.90 N, and the longitude at 72.66 E. The epicenter is reported as 60 km Northwest of Rawalpindi according to the latest updates by the National Seismic Monitoring Centre of PMD.
The affected areas have remained safe, without any recorded casualties or injuries yet. Equal attention remains focused on the situation by authorities.
