By Muhammad Luqman
A powerful earthquake jolted parts of Pakistan and neighbouring India and Afghanistan on Friday afternoon with affected cities including Lahore, Peshawar, and the federal capital Islamabad.
Tremors were also felt in Swat, Bannu, Nowshera, Hangu, Lakki Marwat, Bajaur, Charsadda, Mardan, Swabi, Malakand, Buner, Shangla, Lower Dir and Upper Dir, Haripur, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Kohistan, and Kohat.
According to Pakistan Meteorological Department the magnitude of the quake was recorded at 6.4 with a depth of 210 kilometres. Its epicentre was in the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan.
The US geological survey, however, has reported a slightly lower reading of 6.1.
The 6.1-magnitude quake hit 51 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of Jurm in northern Afghanistan and was over 200 kilometres deep, USGS said
As per Indian media reports, tremors were felt in the capital New Delhi, Mathura, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Occupied Kashmir, and several other parts of North India.
The Indian subcontinent has suffered some of the largest earthquakes in the world in recent decades.
