According to initial reports, tremors were felt in various cities including Islamabad, Peshawar, Charsadda, Lahore and Rawalpindi. Local media reported that strong tremors were also felt in Gujranwala, Gujarat, Sialkot, Kot Momin, Madh Ranjha, Chakwal, Kohat and Gilgit-Baltistan areas. TV footage showed that people came out on the streets in panic.

The Express Tribune newspaper reported that at the time of the earthquake, stampedes were reported in the markets of Rawalpindi.

Two people were killed and six injured in roof, wall and house collapse incidents, while eight houses in the province were partially destroyed, Dawn reported, in an interim report by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Disaster Management Authority. have been damaged. However, Swat District Police Officer Shafiullah Gandapur told Dawn.com that two people were killed and 150 injured in the district. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.

According to Pakistan’s official Associated Press, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has asked disaster management officials to be alert to handle any situation.

The Express Tribune reported that on the instructions of Pakistan’s Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel, emergency has been declared in the hospitals of the country’s capital.

According to the International Seismological Center, apart from Pakistan, earthquake tremors were also felt in India, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, China and Kyrgyzstan.

Earthquakes are common in Pakistan. In January this year, there was a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Islamabad. At the same time, in 2005, the deadliest earthquake occurred in the country, in which more than 74,000 people died.

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