A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck northern areas of Pakistan on Wednesday, according to Pakistan’s meteorological department.
The quake hit was centred in southeastern Afghanistan at a depth of 70 kilometres.Tremors were felt in Pakistan’s Chitral, Islamabad, Gujranwala, Mianwali, Muzaffarabad, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Lahore and Rawalpindi cities as well as in Hazara and Mansehra division.
Fear and panic gripped the citizens of the jolted areas, who rushed out to the streets and other open spaces from their homes and workplaces.moreover, the earthquake tremors were also felt in Indian capital city New Delhi, Kashmir and Afghanistan.