Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter |
An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck several regions of Pakistan including Islamabad, Peshawar, and Lahore reported by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Thursday.
According to the PMD, the 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan at 2:20pm with a depth of 213km, longitude of 70.63 at East and a latitude of 36.16 at North.
No loss of life or damage of the property has been reported from any effected region of the country.
The tremors of earthquake also felt in the cities of AJK's Muzaffarabad and Neelum valley, Peshawar, Kohat, Shabqadar, Abbottabad, Lower Dir, Mianwali, Mansehra, Battagram, Kohistan, Deerbala, Dera Ismail Khan, Hangu, Diamir, Parachinar, Bannu.
Other cities that rocked after the tremors include Punjab’s Sargodha, Khushab and its surroundings, Mandi Bahauddin, Bhakkar and Nowshera according to the reports.
Natural disasters such as earthquakes are common in Pakistan because of country’s location on the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.
The Eurasian Plates also known as tectonic plate includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia), with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent and the area east of the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia. A tectonic plate is also called the Indian plate that is pushing the north part into the Eurasian plate.
