Moderate intensity earthquake hits Pakistan

Turbat: A moderate intensity earthquake of 4.2 magnitude  on the Richter Scale struck  Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was detected at a depth of 13km in the Turbat area of ??Balochistan.

Tremors were felt by residents of the northern part of the province, including the capital Quetta. There were no immediate reports of human or material losses as a result of the earthquake.

Earlier on March 19, a moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude on the Richter Scale struck Balochistan province in  Pakistan. According to the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), the  epicenter of the earthquake  was 150 kilometres Northwest of Quetta with a depth of 35 km. The tremors were felt in  Quetta, Noshki, Chagi, Chaman, Qilla Abdullah, Dalbadin, Pishin and some other areas of the province. It was also felt and recorded at the Pakistan-Iran border areas.

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Another earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude on the Richter Scale struck the Pakistan- Afghanistan border on March 20. The depth of the  earthquake was measured at 105 km. The epicentre of the quake was found to be at Latitude: 29.74 and Longitude: 65.93 respectively.

Pakistan has a history of more severe earthquakes. Earlier on February 17, an earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on the Richter Scale  hit Islamabad. In January, an earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale struck Pakistan. In January, another 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Pakistan.

An earthquake in October 2021 in the Harnai area of Balochistan killed 40 people, injured 300 others and caused widespread damage. A strongest earthquake of  7.7 magnitude hit the Awaran, Kech region of Balochistan on September 24, 2013. More than 348 died and 21,000 houses reportedly damaged  in that earthquake. It affected over 300,000 people in the Awaran and Kech districts.  While two days later, another powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Awaran District and other areas killing 7 people and injuring many.