ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Earthquake tremors were felt in Muzaffarabad, Neelum district, and various other parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan late Thursday afternoon.
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department’s (PMD) National Seismic Monitoring Center (NSMC), the earthquake struck at 5:02 pm (PST), with a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale and a depth of 12 kilometres.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km southwest of Chilas, Gilgit-Baltistan, the Met Office said.
The tremors jolted Chilas, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra, and northwestern parts of AJK.
