Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 jolts Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD: An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 jolted Pakistan, an announcement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) mentioned.As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred late on Thursday, at a shallow depth of 10km, making it inclined to aftershocks.In a put up on X, NCS mentioned, “EQ of M: 4.6, On: 12/06/2025 20:02:04 IST, Lat: 27.18 N, Long: 64.96 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Pakistan.”Shallow earthquakes are typically extra harmful than deep earthquakes. This is as a result of the seismic waves from shallow earthquakes have a shorter distance to journey to the floor, leading to stronger floor shaking and doubtlessly extra harm to constructions and larger casualties.Meanwhile, residents of Peshawar had been jolted by an earthquake on Wednesday, with tremors measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale, Geo News reported, citing the Seismological Centre.According to Geo News, the epicentre of the earthquake was positioned in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush mountain vary, at a depth of 211 kilometres.No quick harm or casualties had been reported following the tremors.This newest quake comes practically a month after a 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Islamabad and elements of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, together with Mardan, Swat, Nowshera, Swabi, and North Waziristan. That quake additionally had its epicentre within the Hindu Kush area at a depth of 230 kilometres, with coordinates recorded at latitude 36.63 N and longitude 71.13 E, Geo News reported.Earlier in April, two extra earthquakes had hit numerous areas throughout Pakistan.Meanwhile, Geo News highlighted that the port metropolis of Karachi has skilled practically 30 gentle quakes in latest days.Chief Meteorologist Aamir Haider defined that the Landhi Fault Line had grow to be energetic after a long time and is at the moment present process a normalisation section.Pakistan is one of essentially the most seismically energetic international locations on the earth, being crossed by a number of main faults. As a end result, earthquakes in Pakistan happen usually and are harmful.Pakistan geologically overlaps each the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. Balochistan, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces lie on the southern edge of the Eurasian plate on the Iranian Plateau. Sindh, Punjab and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir provinces lie on the north-western edge of the Indian plate in South Asia. Hence this area is vulnerable to violent earthquakes, as the 2 tectonic plates collide.