Strong earthquake hits Pakistan, tremors felt in North India too

Don’t really know if you were jolted by the Earthquake but the tremors i felt were really intense here in Quetta. The time was around 1:20am , and It felt for a good 15-20 seconds. So if you felt like someone was moving your bed, or you felt the world spinning, well it was the Earthquake bhaiyon & behnon. Its Wednesday Morning so most of you must be sleeping. Luckily or unluckily i was awake. Will update the intensity of this earth quake as soon as i have any information on this. After the deadly floods the last thing we need is another disaster. So I really hope everyone is fine and no damage is caused anywhere in Pakistan or India.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck various parts of the country, the US Geological Survey reported on Tuesday.

It said the quake, initially reported as a magnitude 7.3, was very shallow at a depth of 6.3 miles (10 km). It struck 34 miles (55 km) west of Dalbandin at 1:23 a.m. local time on Wednesday (2023 GMT on Tuesday).

The Pacific Tsunami Center said the onshore quake had not triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean.

A major quake of this magnitude is capable of causing widespread and heavy damage.

The earthquake which lasted for about 20 seconds was felt in a wide area, ranging from Azad Kashmir, Attock, Haripur, Taxila, Muree, Abbotabad and Mansehra to Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

The quake at 2:44am originated at a depth of only 10 kilometres, some 16 kilometres northwest from Islamabad, at the village of Jabb in a remote part of district Haripur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

No report about any damage received at any police station, rescue service office or hospital in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and adjoining areas.

In Islamabad, the tremors shattered window-panes of court room No-1 of the Supreme Court building.

Our Correspondent from Haripur adds: The tremors damaged dozens of mud-houses in hilly areas.

Sources said that the house of one Rafaqat in the village of Jabb was destroyed and his minor son Mohammad Awaid, 5, was killed and Rafaqat and his mother Gulshan Bibi were injured. Local people rescued the injured from the debris.