No casualties reported as 4.4-magnitude earthquake jolts Lahore – Pakistan

No casualties reported as 4.4-magnitude earthquake jolts Lahore – Pakistan

No casualties reported as 4.4-magnitude earthquake jolts Lahore – Pakistan

A 4.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Lahore on Tuesday, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).

The earthquake was recorded at 6:39am, with the epicentre 25 kilometres south-southwest of Lahore at a depth of 14 kilometres.

There have been no immediate reports of casualties.

On June 30, another earthquake of 3.9 magnitude was recorded at 2:07pm, 35 kilometres west of Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab at a depth of seven kilometres. The same day, Balochistan recorded a 4.8-magnitude earthquake at 11:11am, 40 kilometres southwest of Zhob at a depth of 20 kilometres.

Earlier on Sunday, a moderate 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck Musakhail, a remote district of Balochistan that borders Punjab, injuring five people and damaging dozens of mud houses. A day prior, low to moderate intensity earthquakes hit parts of Karachi and Pasni in Balochistan.

The country has experienced many low-intensity earthquakes over the past few months. Pakistan straddles the boundary where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet, making the country susceptible to earthquakes.

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