Earthquake tremors felt in parts of Karachi

Earthquake tremors were felt in Karachi on Tuesday, Express News reported.

According to reports, magnitude of the earthquake was recorded at 3.6 on Richter scale at a depth of 12 km. People rushed out of their houses and offices in panic. However, no loss of life or damage to property has been reported as yet.

The tremors were felt a week after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake was felt in Swat and surrounding areas. “The quake’s epicentre was Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region,” the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said.

Earlier this month, another earthquake measuring 5.2 on the richter scale was felt in Swat, Chitral, Malakand and adjoining areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

I just felt it . It was earthquake #karachi

— Saad Malik, MD (@SaadMalikster) January 17, 2017

Office just shocked with a jerk.. dont know what was that #earthquake #karachi

— Sohail Hameed (@Sohail_x) January 17, 2017

#Karachi was that an earthquake? I was sleeping.

— Sohaib Aamir (@MrSohaibb) January 17, 2017

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Karachi Earthquake :/

— Asif Ali Bugti (@iambugti_18) January 17, 2017

Earthquake in #Karachi stay safe..

— نابینا تاڑو (@nabinaTaaru) January 17, 2017

 

Felt mild jolts...looks like it was #earthquake in #karachi 5 minutes back...may Allah keep us safe

— Waqar Hashim Bawa (@waqarbawa) January 17, 2017

Earthquake shake felt in gulistan johar karachi now

— Jehanzaib Azeem (@JehanzaibAzeem) January 17, 2017

The powerful #earthquake jolt the city Karachi

— Century Maker (@CenturyMaker) January 17, 2017

This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.