Natural calamity: Earthquake jolts parts of K-P
PDMA Spokesperson Latifur Rehman claimed no loss of life or property was reported
PESHAWAR:
An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted different parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday. An official of the meteorological department said tremors were felt in Peshawar, Chitral, Mingora, Ghazar, Shangla, Upper Dir and Lower Dir at about 2:54am. He added the epicentre of the earthquake was 85 kilometres deep at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border. However, PDMA Spokesperson Latifur Rehman claimed no loss of life or property was reported from anywhere in the province.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 13th, 2016.
An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted different parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday. An official of the meteorological department said tremors were felt in Peshawar, Chitral, Mingora, Ghazar, Shangla, Upper Dir and Lower Dir at about 2:54am. He added the epicentre of the earthquake was 85 kilometres deep at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border. However, PDMA Spokesperson Latifur Rehman claimed no loss of life or property was reported from anywhere in the province.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 13th, 2016.