2.9 magnitude earthquake jolts Balochistan

February 17, 2019

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TOPSHOTS-PAKISTAN-QUAKE — TOPSHOTS A Pakistani earthquake survivor walks past collapsed mud houses at Labach area, in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran on September 26, 2013. Tens of thousands of survivors of Pakistan's earthquake waited for help in soaring temperatures on September 26 as the death toll rose to nearly 350 and anger grew at the slow pace of government aid. More than 100,000 people made homeless by a 7.7-magnitude quake spent a second night in the open or under makeshift shelters as response teams struggled to reach the remote region in the southwestern province of Baluchistan. AFP PHOTO / Banaras KHANBANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT:

QUETTA: An earthquake of low intensity jolted various districts of Balochistan on Sunday, resulting in minor property damages, however, no casualty was reported.

According to the geological wing of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), tremors measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale were felt in Quetta, Chaghi, Jaffarabad, Kalat and other districts of Balochistan.

People rushed out of their homes, shops and other buildings as the tremors were felt. Walls collapses and minor damages were incurred in some dilapidated houses and buildings.

The epi-center was of the quake was reported to be 60 kilometer south-west of Kalat, 12 kilometers deep inside the earth crust.