QUETTA – An earthquake of 4.7 Richter magnitude hit Kalat and other flood-affected regions of Balochistan on Wednesday, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said.
Reports in local media said the Kalat and neighboring areas felt the tremors, at 5:37 pm, however, there were no casualties reported so far.
National Seismic Monitoring Centre reveals that the earthquake struck 15 kilometers southeast of Kalat at a depth of 34km. It had a longitude of 66.71 East and a latitude of 28.92 North.
The sparsely populated southwestern region is already suffering from severe floods caused by torrential rains.
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The record monsoon has left a third of the country submerged while thousands of roads, houses, electric towers, and bridges have been completely damaged.
