Earthquake jolts Swat, adjoining areas

Earthquake jolts Swat, adjoining areas

Pakistan

Earthquake jolts Swat, adjoining areas

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SWAT (Dunya News) - An earthquake measuring 5 on the richter scale jolted Swat and its adjoining areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on late 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 Swat.

According to National Seismic Monitoring Centre, Islamabad, the epicenter of the earthquake was located near Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan at the depth of 120 kilometres.