LOWER DIR (Dunya News) - An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale jolted Lower Dir and its adjoining areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the wee hours of Friday, Dunya News reported.
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 Lower Dir 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 93 kilometres.