Heavy earthquake jolts Islamabad, surroundings

Another powerful earthquake jolted Islamabad and its surroundings on Wednesday.

The epicentre of the earthquake was 130 kilometres beneath the Koh-e-Hindukush Mountains, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre in Islamabad.

The earthquake had a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter Scale and was reported to be 130 kilometres underground.

On June 23, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan (8:56 a.m.). The epicentre of the earthquake was 58 kilometres from Kalafgan, Afghanistan.

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake was reported near Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 2nd afternoon. The epicentre of the earthquake was located 198 kilometres northwest (NW) of Islamabad.

The earthquake struck at 4:35:17 PM IST, 75 kilometres below the surface.

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