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At a depth of 120 km…a 5.6 magnitude earthquake strikes northern Pakistan


Hit stated that the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 120 kilometers in the Hindu Kush mountain range in Afghanistan.

Pakistan Earthquakes

The tremor was felt in Pakistan by residents of the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bordering Afghanistan, the capital, Islamabad, and parts of the Punjab province.

There were no immediate reports of human or material losses, but the earthquake forced residents of the areas it struck to leave their homes.

3 people were injured and a number of homes were damaged

And last June, An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale in Balochistan province, southwest Pakistan Geological Survey said that the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of (28) kilometers, and (56) kilometers northeast of the Baloch city of Musa Khail.

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