4.8-magnitude earthquake jolts twin cities

A 4.8 earthquake magnitude jolted in twin cities Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Saturday night at 10:48 pm.

The National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC) confirmed that tremors were felt in Islamabad, Murree, Gujar Khan, Talagang, Jhelum, Azad Jammu and Kashmir AJK and Rawalpindi. A low-intensity earthquake shook Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Saturday night.

The magnitude of the earthquake, which struck the twin cities at 10:48 pm, was 4.8 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter was eight kilometers Southeast of the twin cities. The earthquake origin was 17 kilmetres deep.