ISLAMABAD: An earthquake jolted in central Pakistan on Sunday morning, as the United States Geological Survey said that it was magnitude-5.3 tremor on Richter scale.
However, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported that the quake magnitude was 5.5.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the shallow quake, which the USGS reported had occurred around 3:30 am (2230 GMT), with the epicentre around 60 kilometres (37 miles) north-northeast of Barkhan, a city in Pakistan’s mountainous Balochistan province.
However, the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported that the epicentre was located 149 km (92.5 miles) west of the city of Multan.
The GFZ stated the tremor was shallow, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles).
Meanwhile, tremors were also felt in Musakhel and nearby areas after a moderate earthquake struck the region
