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Summary A moderate 5.9-magnitude earthquake shook Afghanistan and Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the richter scale jolted several parts of the country on Thursday morning.
Areas where strong tremors were felt included Islamabad‚ Rawalpindi‚ Peshawar‚ Muzaffarabad‚ Chitral‚ Mardan‚ Malakand‚ Kohat‚ Saudi Sharif and Besham.
The epicentre was on the Afghan-Tajikistan border at a depth of 225 kilometres (140 miles), senior Pakistani meteorological official Hazrat Mir said.
As per details, three people were injured on Charsada Road, Peshawar, in the aftermath of the quake.
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