Our Correspondent
Quetta
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck Quetta and adjoining areas on Tuesday morning, however, no loss of life or property reported, a private news channel said. According to Pakistan’s National Seismic Monitoring Centre, the depth of the quake was recorded 35 kilometres while the epicentre 90 kilometres in the west of the Balochistan capital.
The earthquake came a day after tremors were felt in Karachi on Monday morning. The moderate intensity quake of 3.6 magnitude at Richter Scale jolted the port city at 6:17 am, according to the seismic monitoring centre. The epicentre of the quake was at 100 kilometres distance in Southeast of Karachi at the depth of 10 kilometres, the seismic monitoring centre said.
