- The epicenter of Quake about seven kilometers northwest of Malir.
- PMD says that the depth of the tremors in 10 kilometers was recorded.
- The tremors occurred at 9:34 am; No loss of lives or properties is reported.
Karachi: An earthquake of 3.2 magnitude hit Karachi’s neighborhood, said the Pakistan’s department of Meteorology (PMD) on Wednesday.
It was recorded that the earthquake occurred at 9:34 am with its epicenter about seven kilometers northwest of Malir at a depth of 10 kilometers, the office added.
Until now, it has not been informed of loss of lives or properties.
The tremors occur days after an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude shook Islamabad and multiple areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last week.
The earthquakes have frequently shaken the region, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent years. The registration shows the seismic activity in neighboring countries that are at the intersection of Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.
Last month, Afghanistan witnessed a massive earthquake of magnitude 6 in the steep eastern region of the country, killing more than 2,200 people and hurting several thousand people.
Several parts of Pakistan, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Mardan, Chitral, Murree and adjacent areas, also felt the tremors in the following days with effects of effect as far as Lahore, panic to citizens to get out of their homes.
Karachi, in June, experienced multiple tremors with the count up to at least 57 in a month.
The chief meteorologist Aamir Haider explained that these tremors had occurred due to the reactivation of the Landhi fault line after several decades, adding that the fault was going through a normalization phase.
