A Richter scale measuring earthquake. — AFP/File

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake shook Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and their adjoining areas on Tuesday night, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said.

The PMD’s National Seismic Monitoring Centre said that the quake’s epicentre was in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region and its depth was 234 kilometres.

However, there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties.


This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.

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