Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 in Richter scale hit Pakistan today
A massive earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Pakistan at around 5:35 AM on Wednesday, informed NCS.
Karachi: A massive earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Pakistan at around 5:35 AM on Wednesday, said the National Center for Seismology(NCS).
NCS shared a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) that said “Earthquake of Magnitude:5.2, Occurred on 15-11-2023, 05:35:06 IST, Lat: 35.96 & Long: 71.58, Depth: 18 Km , Region: Pakistan.”
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka was also jolted with a similar earthquake as a magnitude 6.2 had hit Colombo on Tuesday, according to NCS.
“Earthquake of Magnitude: 6.2, Occurred on 14-11-2023, 12:31:10 IST, Lat: -2.96 & Long: 86.54, Depth: 10 Km, Location: 1326 km SE of Colombo, Sri Lanka,” the NCS X post said.
Earlier, around 153 people were killed and 160 were injured in Nepal after a devastating 6.4 hit the country at night. Soon after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake again struck Nepal which caused tremors in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR).
