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Islamabad: Some areas in northern Pakistan felt earthquake jolts on Thursday at around 4.30 pm.
According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC), the places which were jolted by the 5.6 magnitude earthquake included Peshawar, Nowshera, Shabqadar, Mardan, Charsadda, Islamabad and some surrounding areas. Its depth was 190km.
Some residents of the affected cities shared their experiences on Twitter, while others scrambled and started praying for safety.
One user said, “Severe Earthquake jolts Abbottabad! Lasted for more than 10 seconds.”
The NSMC said that the epicentre of the earthquake was 237km west of Chitral.
The Pakistan Metrological Department shared the details of the earthquake via Twitter saying, “An earthquake originated on 19-01-2023 at 16:30 PST. Mag: 5.6. Depth: 190km. Lat: 35.89 N. Long: 71.39 E. Epicentre: 37 km west of Chitral.”
The NSMC also stated that two more earthquakes of medium magnitude were felt 70km of Bisham, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and 28km south of Kharan.
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