Tag: Earthquake
5.9 earthquake hits Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab
An earthquake measuring 5.9 magnitude was felt in Islamabad, parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab on Friday.The jolts were felt in Swat, Upper Dir,...
Moderate 4.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Swat, Shangla
A moderate earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter Scale shook Swat, Shangla and adjacent areas early Tuesday morning.
The tremor was also felt in Islamabad....
6.5 magnitude earthquake jolts Pakistan, Afghanistan
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake was felt in parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan late Friday night.
The epicenter of the earthquake was reported to be in the Afghanistan-Tajikistan...
Strong 7.0-magnitude quake hits off Japan coast; no major damage
A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the southwestern coast of Japan early Saturday, authorities said, with a small tsunami observed on one island but...
Govt not providing relief to quake-hit people: Siraj
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Sirajul Haq has said that the rulers are eager to implement only those articles of the Constitution which enhance their powers and...
Earthquake jolts Swat, surrounding areas
An earthquake of moderate intensity jolted Swat and its surrounding areas on Sunday.
According to details, the epicenter of the earthquake was the border area...
At least 21 dead as rescuers scrabble through factory rubble
Rescuers searching for people trapped in the rubble of a collapsed under-construction factory worked through the night on Wednesday and on Thursday in a...
Earthquake of magnitude 3.1 jolts Lahore, surroundings
An earthquake of mild intensity jolted the provincial capital Lahore and surroundings on Thursday night but no loss of life was reported due to...
Govt yet to reach 10 to 15% quake-hit areas in KP
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)’s Special Assistant Mushtaq Ghani admitted on Tuesday that 10 to 15 per cent areas in the earthquake affected districts...
Govt yet to reach 10 to 15% quake-hit areas in KP
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)’s Special Assistant Mushtaq Ghani admitted on Tuesday that 10 to 15 per cent areas in the earthquake affected districts...
Sharif vows to ensure fast-track payment to quake affectees
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vowed to ensure fast track payment of compensation to the quake affected people to mitigate their sufferings.
Addressing the quake-affected...
99.9 % buildings in Rawalpindi not quake proof: Survey
Most of the multi storey buildings in Rawalpindi are not designed according to buildings code, and may collapse if city was to be hit...
NDMA reports on quake relief
44,179 tents, 52,885 blankets, medicines etc distributed in quake hit areas: NDMA
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with other agencies has distributed 44,179...
KP govt calls for foreign aid for quake survivors
Senior Minister Inayatullah Khan says int’l help must be on crash basis and in practical shape rather than ‘mere offers, commitments and assurances’
Chitral quake survivors help themselves in race against winter
Once again KP has emerged as the worst-hit province, though the scale of the devastation in Chitral is only just becoming clear.
China donates Rs 10m for earthquake victims
China feels the pain of Pakistan in face of natural calamity, say President Xi and PM Li in separate messages
JI chief demands to enhance compensation money for quake victims
Chief of Jamaat Islami (JI) Sirajul Haq on Wednesday urged the incumbent federal and provincial governments to enhance the compensation money for earthquake victims...
