ISLAMABAD: A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter Scale jolted Islamabad and its surrounding areas on Wednesday, creating panic among the people of the region. However, no causality was reported.

According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre Islamabad, the epicenter of the earthquake was 130 km beneath the Koh-e-Hindukush. The people in some areas came out of their homes due to quake tremors for safety. No loss of life or property happened in the area.

On June 22, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the wee hours. Tremors were felt in Islamabad, Multan, Bhakkar, Phalia, Peshawar, Malakand, Swat, Mianwali, Pakpattan, and Buner, among other places.

On 23 June morning, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake joled parts of Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km from Kalafgan in Afghanistan.

On June 2nd, an earthquake of magnitude 4.7 was reported near Islamabad on June 2nd afternoon. The epicenter of the earthquake was 198 km northwest (NW) of Islamabad. The earthquake struck at 4:35:17 PM IST at a depth of 75 km from the surface.