Severe earthquake shocks have been felt on Wednesday afternoon in various districts of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and around the federal territory of Islamabad.
The tremors were felt in Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Mianwali, Bhakkar, Kamalia, Khanewal, Bhalwal, Chiniot, Hafizabad, Toba Tek Singh, Gujarat, Sargodha and Jhang. Slight tremors were also felt in Sahiwal, Chichawatani, Borewala, Phulnagar, Hujra Shah Moqim, Shahkot, Sangla Hill, Talagang and Chakwal.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, tremors were felt in Peshawar, North Waziristan, DI Khan, Lakki Marwat, Swat, Shangla, Buner, Lower Dir, Malakand, Tank and Chitral.
Seismological Centre informed Geo that the tremors of the earthquake were felt at 12:28 PM with a magnitude of 5.7 and a depth of 10 km. The epicentre was near DG Khan.
