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Earthquake of 5 magnitude jolts various districts of KP

June 12, 2019

PESHAWAR, June 12 (INP): An earthquake of high intensity jolted various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Wednesday morning.

According to geological wing of PMD, tremors measuring 5 on the Richter scale were felt in Balakot, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Battagram, Torghar, Swabi, Buner and Swabi.

[timed-content-server show="06/13/2019 01:00 Asia/Karachi"]People of the areas where the quake was felt rushed out of their homes and offices and business centers in panic, reciting verses from the Holy Quran and Kalma e Tayyeba. However, no causalities or property damages were reported from anywhere due to the quake. The geological wing said that the epi-centre of quake was West of Mansehra, 20 km from Battagram and 18 km inside earth crust. INP/SB/AJ[/timed-content-server]