An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Swat and its adjoining areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday.
In line with the Nationwide Seismic Monitoring Centre, Islamabad, the epicenter of the earthquake was the border space of Afghanistan and Tajikistan at a depth of 170 kilometers.
Folks got here out of their properties in panic and began reciting verses from the Holy Quran. In the meantime, no lack of life or property was reported from any a part of Swat because of the earthquake.
