According to initial reports, signals were found in various cities including Koyla, Peshawar, Charsadda, Lahore and Rawalpindi. Local media reported that strong tremors were also felt in Gujranwala, Gujarat, Sialkot, Kot Momin, Madh Ranjha, Chakwal, Kohat and the Gilgit-Baltistan region. TV footage showed people turned out on a whim.
The Express Tribune newspaper reported that at the time of the earthquake, the unemployed in Rawalpindi were reported to have stampeded.
At least five members of a family were injured when the roof of a house collapsed in Swabi in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, while the Bahrain-Kalam road was blocked by a traffic jam caused by the earthquake, reports said.
According to Pakistan’s state-affiliated press, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has asked disaster management officials to be alert to handle any situation.
The Express Tribune reported that on the instructions of Pakistan’s Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel, the country’s capital has been declared authorized.
According to the seismological centre, apart from Pakistan, tremors were also reported in India, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Taj Khanistan, Uzbekistan, China and Kyrgyzstan.
We are talking about an earthquake in Pakistan. There was an earthquake of 6.3 intensity in January this year. At the same time, in 2005, the deadliest earthquake occurred in the country, in which more than 74,000 people died.
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