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4.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Pakistan

The country was hit by two back-to-back earthquakes on Saturday.

An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude hit Pakistan on Monday.

The country was hit by two back-to-back earthquakes on Saturday. First, a quake of 4.0 magnitude hit the country early Saturday at 1:44 am (IST), followed by another 5.7 magnitude earthquake. The National Center for Seismology (NCS). The tremor's epicentre was located at latitude 29.67°N and longitude 66.10°E, at a depth of 10 kilometres.

On May 5, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan at 4:00 pm IST, with tremors originating near the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The area is close to the Afghanistan border. Earlier the same day, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake was also reported in Afghanistan at 12:35 pm IST.

(This is a developing story.)

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