New Delhi. Earthquake tremors were felt in Pakistan on Saturday morning. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the intensity of the earthquake was recorded at 5.8 on the Richter scale. There is currently no information available about any damage due to the earthquake.
According to NCS, people felt strong tremors of the earthquake at 10:37 am on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was reported at a depth of 15 kilometers below the ground near Khuzdar city in central Balochistan. The intensity of the earthquake was recorded at 5.8 on the Richter scale. There is an atmosphere of panic among the people after the earthquake. As soon as the movement was felt, people came out of their houses and ran towards the open space.
For some time now, several earthquakes have been felt in the surrounding areas of Pakistan. Especially in the area of ​​Afghanistan. Earthquake tremors were felt in Afghanistan several times this month. Even on October 1, strong tremors of 5.3 magnitude were felt in Afghanistan. However, there is no information about any damage in this earthquake.
Earlier on September 7, earthquake tremors were felt at 5.36 am. The intensity of the earthquake was measured at 4.1 on the Richter scale. According to the National Center for Seismology, the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 130 kilometers from the ground. There was no news of any damage due to the earthquake.
Earlier in August itself, people faced earthquake tremors in eastern Nangarhar province. The intensity of the earthquake was measured at 4.9 on the Richter scale. During this period, 15 people were injured due to strong tremors.
In the month of June this year also, earthquake tremors were felt in Afghanistan. On June 27, at 7:19 minutes and 51 seconds, people felt the tremors of an earthquake of 6.2 magnitude. It also affected Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and many other states of North India. Here too people felt the tremors.