Earthquake hits Balochistan’s Awaran, adjoining areas

Awaran: A 3.5 magnitude mild earthquake jolted Balochistan’s Awaran and adjoining areas on Monday night.

According to the reports, the earthquake were measured 3.5 at the Richter scale. People came out of their homes in panic and started reciting Kalma-e-Tayabba.

No loss of life and property was reported from any part of Awaran due to the earthquake.

The National Seismic Monitoring Centre said that the epicenter of the earthquake was located southwest of Awaran some 55 kilometres away at the depth of 25 kilometres.

On Thursday, a 3-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Sindh including Hyderabad . A 3 magnitude mild earthquake struck Hyderabad and parts of Sindh. Depth of the earhquake was 10km.

It was the third earthquake in past 7 days to hit Sindh.