- Residents went outside briefly before the shaking stopped.
- The epicenter was located about 23 kilometers southeast of Loralai.
- There were no early reports of damage or injuries.
Light tremors swept through Loralai and nearby areas early Saturday, the kind that make people stop what they’re doing and go outside just to be safe.
According to the National Seismic Monitoring Center (NSMC), it happened quickly, almost as soon as residents realized what was happening.
Subsequently, the seismic office estimated a magnitude of 3.4, with the epicenter about 23 kilometers to the southeast.
No damage was reported in those first hours.
Earlier in the week, on Tuesday, Sibi had its own brief shake-up.
This one reached a magnitude of 3.1, shallow and fell in seconds, somewhere about 60 kilometers northeast of the district.
Nothing serious happened, but officials say they are still monitoring both locations to be safe.
Some parts of the province also suffered minor tremors earlier this month.
The NSMC, managed by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), reported that the tremors shook Ziarat and surrounding areas, registering a magnitude of 5.0.
The epicenter of the November 8 earthquake was located 67 kilometers northeast of Quetta. However, no reports of damage or casualties emerged.
The last major earthquake to hit Ziarat occurred in 2008 and claimed more than 200 lives and left around 500 injured.
Entire villages were razed and hundreds of houses and government buildings were reduced to rubble, forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes.
The most affected areas were the small settlements of Ziarat, where approximately 170 people died, most of them women and children.
While other districts including Pishin, Bolan, Chaman and Quetta also reported casualties and damage, according to reports.
The country has long been vulnerable to natural disasters, from the 2005 northern earthquake that killed 73,000 people to the devastating 1935 Quetta earthquake, which claimed around 30,000 lives.
Balochistan province largely lies along a seismic point, where the Indian plate pushes against the Eurasian plate.
Balochistan, the country’s largest province, remains sparsely populated, making rescue and relief operations especially difficult.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near the city of Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan early on November 3, killing at least seven people and injuring about 150 others, just months after an earthquake and strong aftershocks killed more than 2,200 people in late August.
