On Sunday afternoon Swat Mingora City and its adjacent regions were shaken by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake.
According to the reports, an earthquake hit Mingora City and its surrounding locations. Sustaining the earthquake, the inhabitants panicked and evacuated their houses.
According to the monitoring of the seismological department of Pakistan, the depth of this natural disaster was calculated to 178 be kilometers. It was also reported that the bordering areas of Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan were sighted as the focal point of the earthquake.
However, post-earthquake until now no calamities have been reported.
Previously, when a 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit Swat, Buner, Malakand, and various areas of KP in July, no catastrophes were reported.
At that time, Afghanistan and Tajikistan border regions were measured with 168 kilometers depth of the earthquake and these were the epicenters of the disaster.
As the follow-up tremors are expected the residents are instructed to be careful about the aftershocks of the earthquake.
Formerly, earthquakes hit areas near Quetta, District Quetta, and Balochistan that alarmed the residents and they vacated their houses reciting the Kalimah Tayyaba. At that time the tremors were 25km deep and the earthquake magnitude measured around 4.7-4.8. Trivial earthquakes are experienced more strongly as compared to intense ones because they are nearer to the surface.
