ISLAMABAD: A 5.3 magnitude earthquake jolted the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi along with various parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Wednesday morning.
The tremors were felt in Islamabad, Peshawar, Mohmand, Swat, Attock, Malakand, Mardan, Shangla, Chitral, Upper Dir, Buner, Abbottabad and other KP cities.
The Met Department’s National Seismic Monitoring Centre confirmed that the epicenter of the earthquake was near Dera Ghazi Khan with a depth of 10km.
The quake in September was preceded by another one of 5.4 magnitude which jolted parts of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and KP in June.
So far, the country has witnessed at least six earthquakes this year, of which three were in the port city of Karachi, PMD said.
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