SWAT: An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude on the Richter scale has rattled Swat and its adjacent areas on Saturday.

Depth of the tremors has been recorded to be 191 kilometers under the ground. While, its epicenter was the mountain range of Koh e Hindukash.

On May 7, more than 200 mud houses had collapsed and cracks had appeared in the walls of several other houses due to severe tremors in different areas of Wadh Tehsil of Khuzdar district.

Large boulders had begun to fall from the mountains and people had left their homes reciting the Kalima Tayyaba.

Deputy Commissioner Khuzdar Ilyas Kibzai, while confirming the losses, had said that relief operations had been started in the affected areas.

According to details, strong tremors were felt in Wadh Tehsil, 100 km away from Khuzdar and in nearby areas including Ornach, Aranji, Nali, Barang, Dobli, Kun, Sonaro and Zamri.

The epicenter was reported below the ground, however; no tsunami alert was issued.

As soon as the quake hit, people had rushed out of their houses reciting the Kalima Tayyaba. There was great panic among the people.

Deputy Commissioner Khuzdar Major (retd) Muhammad Ilyas Kibzai, while giving details of the damage caused by the earthquake to the local journalists, had said that about 100 houses had been completely destroyed while cracks had appeared in the walls of dozens of houses during the day. Since people were mostly out of their houses, no casualties were reported. According to sources, more than 200 mud houses were damaged and one child was injured.

He had said that as soon as the quake was reported, rehabilitation work was started in the quake affected areas in the light of special instructions of Chief Minister Balochistan, Chief Secretary Balochistan and Commissioner Kalat Division.

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