Earthquake Of Magnitude 4.8 Jolts Pakistan's Islamabad

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Pakistan's capital Islamabad.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Pakistan's capital Islamabad. ( Image Source :PTI )

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Monday. Aftershocks were reported in Peshawar, Bajaur, Swat, Malakand, Mardan, Lower Dir, Battagram, and adjoining areas besides Islamabad. "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.8, Occurred on 28-08-2023, 10:05:08 IST, Lat: 36.41 & Long: 70.44, Depth: 173 Km ,Location," National Center for Seismology said on X. 

Earthquake of Magnitude:4.8, Occurred on 28-08-2023, 10:05:08 IST, Lat: 36.41 & Long: 70.44, Depth: 173 Km ,Location: Afghanistan for more information Download the BhooKamp App https://t.co/GJyYPo6XVx @ndmaindia @Indiametdept @KirenRijiju @Dr_Mishra1966 pic.twitter.com/gugr1EEDT2

— National Center for Seismology (@NCS_Earthquake) August 28, 2023

The epicentre of the earthquake was Afghanistan's Hindukush region with 184 kliometers depth. People came out of their residential and commercial properties while reciting "Kalima Tayyaba".

This comes days after an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter Scale jolted 423 kilometres west of Afghanistan's Kabul , the NCS said. The earthquake occurred at 9:16 pm (IST). According to NCS, the earthquake struck at a depth of 100 kilometres. 

Earlier on August 13, an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on the Richter scale struck Fayzabad city of Afghanistan, according to the National Center for Seismology. The NCS reported that the earthquake hit at 2:51 PM on Sunday. The earthquake hit 99 km South of Fayzabad. Furthermore, the depth of the earthquake was 33 kilometres. Its epicentre was found at latitude 36.21 and longitude 70.54, according to the NCS.

In January, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Pakistan, including Islamabad, and Rawalpindi, Pakistan Meteorological Department said. According to the Meteorological Department, the quake’s depth was 150 km with the epicenter being in Tajikistan. The department also reported that the latest tremor hit the country at around 12:54 pm and had a longitude of 69.65 East and a latitude of 38.65 North. No loss of life or property was reported.

However, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, an independent tracker of earthquakes through crowdsourced information, said that an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 took place near Attock in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

The region is prone to violent seismic upheavals. A magnitude 7.6 quake in 2005 killed thousands of people in Pakistan and Kashmir.

Last year in southeastern Afghanistan, a 6.1 magnitude quake struck a rugged, mountainous region, flattening stone and mud-brick homes. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers put the total death toll from the quake at 1,150, with hundreds more injured, while the U.N. has offered a lower estimate of 770.

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