Early on Wednesday morning, a powerful earthquake in Pakistan rocked several districts. Some cities reported feeling the tremors, including Peshawar, the twin towns of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Gujrat, Sialkot, Landikotal, Mansehra, Nowshera, upper Dir, Attock, Swat, Malakand, Lahore, and sections of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and upper Punjab.
Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan also reported feeling the earthquake. People reported feeling the earthquake on social media from cities in upper Punjab and several parts of KP.
The National Seismological Centre in Islamabad reported that the earthquake’s Richter intensity was 5.9. At a depth of only 89 kilometers, the epicentre was situated in Afghanistan’s Hindukush mountain range.
According to the USGS, the earthquake, which had a Richter scale strength of 5.6, started 69 kilometres from the town of Parun in the Afghan province of Nuristan.
Two powerful earthquake shakes occurred in Pakistan on April 12 within an hour, causing alarm among people in several cities.
At 11:54 a.m., the first earthquake, which had a Richter scale value of 4.3, occurred. At a depth of 88 kilometers, the epicentre was situated close to the border of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan.
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Residents in Swat and the adjacent parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were momentarily alarmed by the earthquakes, which were felt mostly there.
A second, more powerful earthquake with a Richter scale value of 5.5 struck at 12:30 pm, just 36 minutes later. The epicenter of this earthquake was 60 kilometers from Rawalpindi, yet it was just 12 kilometers deep. Islamabad, Gujar Khan, Haripur, Abbottabad, Attock, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Jhang, Taxila, Wah Cantt, and the adjoining districts were also affected.
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