Midnight quake in Pakistan: 4.8 magnitude tremor near Islamabad; 5.4 hit earlier

A light earthquake hit elements of Pakistan simply after midnight on Sunday. The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) mentioned the quake measured 4.8 on the richter scale and struck at 12:40 am IST. It occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres. This got here hours after a stronger earthquake shook elements of Pakistan on Saturday. That tremor, measuring 5.4, affected areas together with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Islamabad.