Earthquake jolts Swat, adjoining areas

SWAT: An earthquake jolted Swat and its adjoining areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the wee hours of Friday.

The quake, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale, occurred with its epicenter at the Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan border region at a depth of 71 kilometres, as reported by the National Seismic Monitoring Centre.

Earthquake jolts parts of Pakistan

On Thursday an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted different cities of including Islamabad, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, and Swat district.

Additionally, tremors were also felt in the cities of Muzaffarabad, Lower Dir, and Malakand.