4.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Pakistan’s Faisalabad Division

Earthquake Strikes Pakistan: Pakistan experienced an earthquake at 7:30 pm, Tuesday, with a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter Scale of seismic intensity, occurring in the Faisalabad division as per the National Centre of Seismology.

The earthquake struck at a depth of 111 kilometers, with the location of the epicenter having the coordinates of 31.31 N, Long: 72.52 E, which is near the Jhang Tehsil in Punjab in Pakistan.

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The earthquake follows several other quakes which occurred in quick succession throughout the country in just the last month. This particular earthquake was the third the country experienced in the month of May. No damage or injuries were reported during these events.

On May 12, an earthquake hit Baluchistan's capital city, Quetta, and registered a magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter scale. This earthquake would be reported by the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC) registering its tremors at a magnitude of 4.9 in the Quetta area and its neighbouring regions.

Seismic activity in Pakistan

Pakistan is one of the most seismically active territory's in the world with, numerous geological fault lines. For this reason, earthquakes in Pakistan tend to occur regularly in magnitude and can be highly destructive.

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Geologically, Pakistan overlaps astoundingly both the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. Pakistan located on the southern edge of the Eurasian plate on the Iranian Plateau, consists of several provinces, which are Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan. Sindh, Punjab and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir provinces lie upon the north western edge of the Indian plate in South Asia.

Two weeks ago an earthquake took place near Pir Jongal in Pakistan's Punjab province, at a time of heightened tensions in the country with neighbouring country India.

Director of the NCS, O P Mishra told PTI that the epicentre of the earthquake had been placed on the Main Central Thrust fault line which is on the Indian plate and maxes out on seismic potential.

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