Magnitude 4.5 quake jolts KP

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PESHAWAR: An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 jolted Chitral district of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkwa province on Friday (today) morning.

According to Pakistan’s meteorological department, intensity of the quake that began from the border areas of Afghanistan and Tajikistan was recorded magnitude 4.5 on Richter scale.

Earthquake jolts were also reportedly felt in Peshawar, Lower and upper Deer areas of KPK.

Local sources said that the earthquake was of low intensity, and no casualty was reported in the incident.