Several areas of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) were shaken by an earthquake of magnitude 5.2, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported on Thursday.
According to GFZ, the quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (kms) beneath the epicentre near GB around 6:30pm on Wednesday. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones, as they are closer to the surface.
Since now, no casualties have been reported from the tremors.
Read more: Earthquake tremors felt in different parts of KP
An earthquake of 5.0 magnitude was felt in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on March 2.
The tremors were felt in Swat, Nowshera, and Swabi districts of KP. No casualties from any of the areas have been reported so far.
The epicentre, as reported by the seismological centre, was Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan.
Read more: 5.9 magnitude earthquake jolts parts of KP, Punjab
Earlier in February too, an earthquake of 5.9 magnitude had jolted different parts of KP and Punjab.
The epicentre of the earthquake was also the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan. The tremors were felt in Mardan, Chitral, Malakand, Charsadda, Khyber, Taxila, Mianwali, Sargodha, Azad Jammu, and Kashmir (AJK), Mardan, GB, Attock, Islamabad, and other districts of KP and Punjab.
