5.3 magnitude earthquake rattles parts of northern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A moderate 5.3 magnitude earthquake rattled parts of the country including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and federal capital on Saturday.

The National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC) confirmed the earthquake with an intensity of 5.3 on the Richter Scale hit Swat, Peshawar, Lower Dir, Swabi, Nowshera, Islamabad and other cities, forcing people to flee their homes in panic.

The monitoring centre said that the earthquake had a depth of 180 kilometres with the epicentre in the Afghan-Tajik border.