Lagatar24 Desk
Islamabad, March 22: At least nine people were killed and more than 150 injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 hit several parts of Pakistan on Tuesday night.
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Service, the epicentre of the earthquake was in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region at a depth of 180 kilometres (PMD).
At least nine people were killed, while more than 100 people were injured in Swat valley region of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake jolted Pakistan & Afghanistan, reports AP
Strong tremors from the earthquake were also felt in…
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The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) KP reported that those killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, included five adults, two women and children.
As per the PDMA report, at least 19 houses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces were partially damaged due to the earthquake tremors. The tremors from the quake were felt across the country, including in Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Peshawar, Kohat, Lakki Marwat, and other cities.
According to the US Geological Survey, the quake shook parts of Afghanistan and India, including the capital New Delhi, adding that the quake’s epicentre was 40 kilometres south-southeast of the Afghan town of Jurm.
Moreover, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered the National Disaster Management Authority and other institutions to prepare for emergencies.
The tremors were felt in various cities of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, including Islamabad.
