No loss reported: 4.0 magnitude earthquake recorded

An earthquake of 4.0 magnitude hit the province while no human loss was reported.

Tremors were felt in south of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and parts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on Thursday.


According to the meteorological department in Islamabad, an earthquake of 4.0 magnitude hit the province while no human loss was reported. On July 29, similar shakes were felt in Islamabad, Muzaffarabad, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Peshawar, Malakand and Chitral. As per the meteorological department, it was a 5.3 magnitude quake.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 2nd, 2013.