BANNU:An earthquake with 4.7 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted Bannu and its adjoining areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan in the wee hours of Monday.

People came out of their homes in panic and started reciting verses from the Holy Quran. No loss of life and property was reported from the earthquake. According to the US Geological Survey, the epicenter of the earthquake was located at the 31 kilometers north of Bannu at the depth of 201 kilometers.