ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted federal capital Islamabad and different cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab on late Sunday night, Dunya News reported.
Tremors were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Peshawar, Haripur, Abbottabad, Nowshera, Charsadda, Gujranwala, Chiniot, Swat, Mianwali, Mandi Bahauddin, Upper Dir, Wazirabad, Chakwal, and several other cities.
People came out of their homes in panic and started reciting verses from the Holy Quran. No loss of life and property was reported from any part of the country due to earthquake.
According to National Seismic Monitoring Centre, Islamabad, the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Hindukush mountain range in Afghanistan at the depth of 15 kilometres.