The National Center for Seismology (NCS) hit Pakistan 3.7 Earthquakes 3.7, adding that tremor occurred at a depth of 170 km. NCS said in the post that “EQ of M: 3.7, on: 20/08/2025 02:38:23 ist, lat: 29,86 N, long: 71,09 E, depth: 170 km, location: Pakistan.” This is the second earthquake that hit Pakistan in two days.
Earlier on Tuesday, an earthquake of 5.2 is frayed by Islamabad, Rawalpindi and several parts of Khyber Pákhtunkhwa, said the seismic network of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) in a statement quoted by dawn.
Pakistani earthquake a day earlier was felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, KP Peshawar, SWAT, Chitral and Abbottabad.
PMD said the earthquake hit at 10:20 (local time), with an epicenter in the Afghan Hindu region Kush at a depth of 190 km.
The Pandjab Provincial Office for Disaster Management reported that the earthquake was also felt in the provinces of Bahawalpur divisions, Dera Ghazi Khan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lahore, Multan, Sahiwal and Sargodha. While no victim of damage was reported. There was also no emergency situation.
Pakistan falls on the three main tectonic albums-Arab, Euro-Assian and Indian-which create five seismic zones underground. The penetration of multiple fault lines means that tectonic movements remain a frequent occurrence in the region.
The Hindu area Kush is considered one of the most active seismic zones in the world, located at the intersection of Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, where their ongoing collisions create frequent earthquakes, including rare deep focusing events that can reach a depth of over 200 km, according to American geological survey.
This seismicity is attributed to processes related to the subduction and disintegration of plates under the Hindu region Kush-Pamir, which includes part of the wider Himalayan seismic belt, which created several destructive earthquakes in Afghanistan, Pakistan and North India.
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