5.5 magnitude earthquake jolts Swat, adjoining areas
The epicenter of the earthquake was Pattan while its depth was 12 kilometre.
GILGIT (Dunya News) - An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale rocked Gilgit, Hazar Division and Swat on Saturday.
People came out of their homes in panic and started reciting verses from the Holy Quran. No loss of life was reported so far.
According to National Seismic Monitoring Centre, the epicenter of the earthquake was Pattan while its depth was 12 kilometre.
Last year in October, a 7.5-magnitude quake ripped across Pakistan and Afghanistan, killing nearly 400 people and flattening buildings in rugged terrain.
For many in Pakistan, October‘s quake brought back traumatic memories of a 7.6-magnitude quake that struck in October 2005, killing more than 75,000 people and displacing some 3.5 million.
Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, which lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
In Nepal, a quake in April and a strong aftershock in May killed more than 8,900 people.
